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she was seen at all, it was on the wing. Then, when the winter with its 

 intense cold and driving storms came to stay, when the whole earth was 

 blanketed with a carpet of white, and all the songsters, save a few cross- 

 bills, had disappeared for the soutli, my proud lady also disappeared, 

 and with her that lovely brood, which in vain I longed to see once more. 



Nothing more was seen or heard of the family for many weeks, and I 

 had long since given up hope for their safety. But one day, about the 

 end of February, a flock of turkeys was reported to me as having been 

 seen at the foot of the one-mile-mark hill above North River, on the Indian 

 Lake road. Sure enough they had wintered through — how many I did not 

 know. I quickly went down to see what I might discover and it was this: 

 that at least nine of the birds were alive. As I approached the spot where 

 they had been roosting for several nights, I was surprised once more to see 

 them take wing and disappear in the snowy jungle. 



Just how this new family is going to turn out in its Adirondack home 

 will be watched with delight. As the past winter was a very mild one in 

 this section, it is possible that these birds may establish themselves and 

 breed the coming season. At least I shall liberate one or more gobblers 

 in the vicinity where they were last seen, and surely hope that the "gobble" 

 of the far-famed wild Tom will once again be heard in the deep recesses 

 of this great forest land. 



1 WiLLET Randall. 



BIRD BANDING 



At the Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, held last 

 October in Chicago, Dr. Harry C. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey, stated 

 that the most important method of securing facts in ornithology in the last 

 thirty years was by trapping and banding. 



Feed the birds during the winter and keep up the banding. 



Watch for banded birds. 



All members of the United States Coast Guard and Light Service have 

 been notified to keep a sharp lookout for banded birds along the entire 

 Atlantic Coast. 



A regional bird banding association has been formed in the Middle 

 West to take up bird banding in the Mississippi Valley, the greatest highway 

 for migrating birds on the North American Continent. The association will 

 be known as the "Inland Bird Banding Association." Mr. S. Prentiss Bald- 

 win, of Cleveland, who has banded more living birds than any other man 

 in this country, was chosen president. Mr. W. T. Lyon, of Waukegan, 111., 

 who is an authority in this work is the secretary. 



Every newspaper in the United States and Canada has printed an article 

 on "Watch for Banded Birds," calling the attention of the public to the 

 importance of reporting to the local game warden or to the Biological 

 Survey any birds that may be found dead (or shot) that wear a band. 



Charles B. Floyd. 



