NEW ENGLAND BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION AE 
COUNCILORS. 
John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. 
A. Cleveland Bent, Taunton, Mass. 
Charles L. Whittle, Cambridge, Mass. 
Dr. John C. Phillips, Wenham, Mass. 
Aaron C. Bagg, Holyoke, Mass. 
William P. Wharton, Groton, Mass. 
Very respectfully, 
LAURENCE B. FLETCHER, 
Secretary. 
Temporary Quarters, 
50 Congress St. Room 040. 
Jan. 26, 1922. 
Dear Sir, 
Since the first attempt at Bird Banding considerable de- 
velopment and progress have been made. It has become 
important enough to have taken up by the Bureau of Bio- 
logical Survey, U. $S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C., and under its guidance valuable results should 
be obtained. The Survey has succeeded in interesting to 
date about 100 observers, to whom approximately 5000 
bands have been issued. 
Some of the questions to be learned from Bird Banding 
are as follows : 
Do birds return to the same nesting area season after 
season ? 
Do nesting birds ever use the same nest and have the 
same mate season after season ? 
Do certain birds rear a second brood in the same nest or 
in the same region as the first brood ? 
Do young birds return to breed in the same spot in 
which they were reared ? 
Do migrating birds stop off at the same feeding places 
en route year after year ? 
