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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



Return records. 



(a) The returns in this division are from the old lot of bands issued by 

 Dr. Cole in 1909. 



7287. Herring Gull. Larus argentatns. 



Banded at Falls Pond, Hamilton 

 County, N. Y., by Francis Harper. 

 June 27, 1910. 

 Downy young. 



4590. Common Tern. Sterna hirundo. 



Banded at Saint Clair Flats Canal, 

 Mich., by S. A. Courtis. 



August 13, 1909. 



About two weeks old. " On bare 

 sandy island left from dredging of 

 new canals. Birds from one to 

 four weeks of age found there." — 

 S. A. C. 



Recovered at Barnegat Inlet, N. J., 



by William H. Lewis. 

 September 11, 1911. 

 Found alive, but apparently sick, on 



the shore. 



Recovered at Whitebread, Ontario, 

 Canada by Leo Salois. 



August 5, 1912. 



Shot. Birds did not seem to be 

 breeding here and probably wan- 

 dered over from Saint Clair Flats 

 after the breeding season. 



6625. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. 



Banded at House Is. (Four Bros. 



Islds.), Lake Champlain, N. Y.. by 



Francis Harper. 

 July 7, 1910. 

 Downy young " caught on July 8 



and July 9, examined and found to 



be in good condition." — F. H. 



Recovered at Squantum, Mass., by 

 Hayden Crocker. 



September 6, 1910. 



Shot among a flock of smaller sand- 

 pipers " on a mudbank in a salt 

 marsh. Did not notice band on leg 

 until I was dressing bird." — H. C. 



5557. Northern Flicker. Cola*ptes aurattis luteus. 



Banded at Logan Park Cemetery, 

 Sioux City, la., by Prof. T. C. 

 Stephens. 



June 11, 1910. 



Male nestling, one of a brood of 

 seven. 



6326. Chimney Swift. CJicetura pelagica. 



Banded at Meriden, Sullivan Co., 

 N. H., by Ernest Harold Baynes. 



June 7, 1911. 



Adult : " This bird and another came 

 down the chimney and into my 

 study at 8 p. m. It was almo.st 

 dark when we liberated them." — 

 E. H. B. 



Recovered at Bayard, Kans., by I. 

 Decker. 



November 20, 1910. 



Captured in a barn ; injured in cap- 

 turing and afterwards killed. 

 Band was not noticed until the 

 bird was dead. 



Recovered at Meriden, Sullivan Co., 

 N. H.. by Ernest Harold Baynes. 



June 15, 1912. 



Caught in a room. " The leg to 

 which the baud was attached ap- 

 peared normal in every way." — 

 E. H. B. 



955. Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus phceniceus. 



Banded at Berwyn, Chester, Co., 

 Pa., by Leonard S. Pear.son. 



June 6, 1909. 



Fledgling; "had just left ne,st." — 

 L. S. P. 



Recovered at Lansdowne, Delaware 



Co., Pa., by H. L. Henry. 

 September 1, 1909. 

 Shot. 



