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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192? 
  

  

  and 
  some 
  are 
  operating 
  trapping 
  stations 
  as 
  actively 
  as 
  their 
  time 
  

   will 
  permit. 
  

  

  The 
  development 
  of 
  suitable 
  traps 
  and 
  other 
  equipment 
  naturally 
  

   received 
  first 
  attention 
  and 
  to 
  certain 
  ingenious 
  individuals 
  this 
  phase 
  

   of 
  the 
  subject 
  will 
  always 
  hold 
  a 
  large 
  measure 
  of 
  fascination. 
  In- 
  

   ability 
  with 
  equipment 
  at 
  hand 
  to 
  capture 
  certain 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  chal- 
  

  

  '^i^^'^'^ij^^^^ 
  

  

  Collaborator's! 
  -i 
  DOO 
  

   Permit 
  No. 
  /-J-V-v.k.. 
  — 
  ... 
  

  

  UWTED 
  STATES 
  DEPARTMENT 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE 
  

  

  PERMIT 
  FOR 
  CAPTURING 
  MIGRATORY 
  BIRDS 
  FOR 
  

   SCIENTIFIC 
  BANDING 
  PURPOSES 
  

  

  Wasotngton, 
  D. 
  C, 
  .d-U^asi^-ir. 
  , 
  192*1. 
  

  

  Permission 
  is 
  hereby 
  granle4, 
  until 
  revoked, 
  under 
  Regulation 
  9 
  of 
  the 
  Migratory 
  

  

  Bird 
  Treaty 
  Act 
  Regulations 
  to 
  .3)J.QhX)-^SX€:e^ 
  -- 
  

  

  of 
  Itosmngf 
  Qn^5^*.C<, 
  , 
  to 
  trap, 
  Ifi 
  ibc. 
  states 
  of 
  U}a{Ul£U2£l, 
  

  

  irj.miQ.i£a,,n.in 
  I^.t^^ 
  except 
  on 
  Federal 
  or 
  State 
  bird 
  3r 
  game 
  

  

  reservations, 
  at 
  any 
  nine, 
  migratory 
  birds 
  for 
  banding 
  purposes, 
  and 
  to 
  possess 
  

   such 
  birds 
  only 
  for 
  such 
  period 
  of 
  timo 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  securely 
  to 
  band 
  the 
  

   same. 
  

  

  This 
  permit 
  is 
  Uwued 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  printed 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  hereof 
  and 
  

   ls.iSSt 
  valid 
  unlesj^untersigned 
  by 
  the 
  Chief, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  BiologicaLSurvey. 
  

  

  Ciiitf, 
  Burea-j 
  of 
  'jBioioffica^urves. 
  SeM^y 
  

  

  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  This 
  permit 
  Is 
  not 
  transferable 
  and 
  is 
  revocable 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  ot 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  Agriculture. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  penson 
  of 
  the 
  permittee 
  when 
  he 
  is 
  trap- 
  

   ping 
  and 
  banding 
  birds 
  hereunder 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  exhibited 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  requesting 
  

   to 
  see 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  This 
  permit 
  Is 
  granted 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  accepted 
  by 
  .the 
  

   permittee 
  on 
  the 
  express 
  condition 
  that 
  the 
  permittee 
  will 
  comply 
  with 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Migratory 
  Bird 
  Treaty 
  Act 
  and 
  the 
  Regiilationsthereunder. 
  Failure 
  to 
  ren- 
  

   der 
  the 
  reports 
  required 
  will 
  be 
  sufficient 
  cause 
  for 
  revocation 
  of 
  this 
  permit. 
  

  

  This 
  permit 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  authorize 
  the 
  taking 
  or 
  possession 
  of 
  

   migratory 
  birds 
  for 
  any 
  purpose 
  whatsoever 
  other 
  than 
  banding, 
  and 
  such 
  bird 
  when 
  

   securely 
  banded 
  must 
  be 
  immediately 
  relca.sed. 
  

  

  Form 
  Bl-476 
  a. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Front 
  and 
  hack 
  of 
  Federal 
  bird-handing 
  permit. 
  The 
  specimen 
  

   shown 
  authorizes 
  the 
  handing 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  migratory 
  birds, 
  hut 
  

   most 
  cooperators 
  hold 
  permits 
  permitting 
  work 
  only 
  with 
  nongame 
  

   species 
  

  

  (Photograph 
  from 
  Biological 
  Survey) 
  

  

  lenge 
  that 
  receives 
  a 
  ready 
  response 
  from 
  cooperators 
  with 
  an 
  

   inventive 
  and 
  mechanical 
  turn 
  of 
  mind. 
  Proper 
  traps 
  are 
  moreover 
  

   of 
  great 
  importance, 
  and 
  since 
  thus 
  far 
  none 
  but 
  the 
  hummingbirds 
  

   have 
  been 
  excluded 
  from 
  the 
  possible 
  field 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  apparent 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  ample 
  opportunity 
  to 
  work 
  out 
  traps 
  of 
  different 
  types. 
  

   As 
  fast 
  a.s 
  these 
  are 
  perfected 
  they 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  the 
  

   Biological 
  Survey 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  everyone 
  interested. 
  Usually 
  it 
  

   is 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  more 
  simple 
  and 
  inexpensive 
  the 
  trap 
  the 
  greater 
  

  

  