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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



2816. BiitJEBiBD. Sialia siaUs sialis. 



Banded at West AUis, Wis., by Dr. 

 R. M. Strong. 



July 5, 1909. 



Nestling; "one of a brood of sev- 

 eral."— R. M. S. 



6302. Bluebird. Sialia sialis sialis. 



Banded at Merideu, Sullivan Co., 

 N. H., by Ernest Harold Baynes. 



June 3, 1911. 



About two weeks old ; " one of a 

 family of five in au unpainted 

 wooden box, on the corner of an 

 old shed."— E. H. B. 



Recovered at Evansville, Randolph 

 Co., 111., by August Schilling. 



April 1, 1912. 



Killed by a Northern Shrike, Lanius 

 horealis. 



Recovered at Berlin, Md., by son of 

 a niillhand in the employ of 

 Charles W. Tingle. 



January 20, 1912. 



Shot together with others of a flock 

 of Bluebirds. 



(b) The following have resulted from the new lot of bands issued in the 

 spring of 1912. 



5804. Great Black-backed Gull, harm marinus. 



Banded at Lake George, Yarmouth 

 Co., N. S., by Howard H. Cleaves. 

 July 23, 1912. 

 Fledgling. 



Recovered at Mavillette, Digby Co., 

 N. S., by Frank S. Doucet. 



December 18, 1912. 



Caught alive. " Bird seemed half 

 tame, due probably to some ail- 

 ment. Baud moved easily up and 

 down the tarsus." — F. D. 



5830. Great Black-backed Gull. Larus mariyius. 



Banded at Lake George, Yarmouth 

 Co., N. S., by Howard H. Cleaves. 



July 26, 1912. 



Fledgling; "a few of these birds 

 (about three dozen were banded) 

 were seen later from my blind. 

 They paid no attention to the 

 bands."— H. H. C. 



Recovered at Cape Negro Is., Shel- 

 burne Co., N. S., by Ashley Smith. 

 October 4, 1912. 

 Shot by Mr. Smith when gunning. 



5832. Great Black-backed Gull. Larus marinus. 



Banded at Lake George, Yarmouth 

 Co., N. S., by Howard H. Cleaves. 

 July 27, 1912. 

 Fledgling. 



7115. Piping Plover. Mgialitis meloda. 



Banded at Katama, Martha's Vine- 

 yard, Mass., by Howard H. 

 Cleaves. 



July 3, 1912. 



Three days old, one of a family of 

 three. 



Recovered at Prout's Neck, Cumber- 

 land Co., Me., by G. Clifford Libby. 

 December 6, 1912. 

 Found dead on the beach. 



Recovered at south shore of Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard, Mass. 

 August 2, 1912. 

 Shot by a boy. 



