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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  times 
  during 
  a 
  single 
  day. 
  Records 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  called 
  " 
  repeats 
  " 
  

   and 
  they, 
  too, 
  are 
  carefully 
  tabulated 
  by 
  the 
  station 
  operators. 
  

   Through 
  these 
  opportunities 
  to 
  continually 
  study 
  an 
  individual 
  bird, 
  

   noting 
  its 
  traits 
  and 
  personal 
  habits, 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  plumage 
  color- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  growth, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  items, 
  important 
  contributions 
  are 
  

   anticipated 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  life 
  histories. 
  

  

  RESULTS 
  OF 
  COOPERATION— 
  REGIONAL 
  ASSOCIATIONS 
  

  

  In 
  administering 
  the 
  bird-banding 
  work 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  has 
  

   offered 
  to 
  bird 
  students 
  a 
  scientific 
  method 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  study 
  

   birds 
  and 
  procure 
  new 
  and 
  important 
  information. 
  The 
  charm 
  of 
  

   intimate 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  birds, 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  repeated 
  han- 
  

   dling 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  individuals, 
  has 
  had 
  the 
  efTect 
  of 
  starting 
  a 
  wave 
  of 
  

   interest 
  and 
  enthusiasm 
  unparalleled 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  American 
  orni- 
  

   thology. 
  At 
  the 
  beginning, 
  efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  matter 
  to 
  

   the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  publiq 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  years 
  nothing 
  of 
  

   this 
  kind 
  has 
  been 
  necessary, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  stations 
  continuing 
  

   to 
  increase 
  with 
  remarkable 
  rapidity. 
  

  

  In 
  countries 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada 
  it 
  is 
  obvi- 
  

   ously 
  difficult 
  for 
  any 
  directing 
  agency 
  to 
  be 
  fully 
  informed 
  and 
  to 
  

   maintain 
  proper 
  contacts 
  with 
  the 
  conditions 
  that 
  give 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  

   local 
  problems 
  that 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  imagination 
  of 
  widely 
  scattered 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  operators. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  their 
  investigations 
  

   might 
  be 
  better 
  coordinated, 
  both 
  with 
  the 
  bureau 
  and 
  with 
  each 
  

   other, 
  the 
  field 
  observers 
  have 
  been 
  organized 
  into 
  regional 
  associ- 
  

   ations. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  (now 
  the 
  Northeastern) 
  

   Bird 
  Banding 
  Association 
  which 
  was 
  organized 
  early 
  in 
  1922 
  and 
  

   assigned 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States, 
  Quebec, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Maritime 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Canada. 
  Edward 
  H. 
  Forbush, 
  State 
  orni- 
  

   thologist 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  was 
  chosen 
  as 
  its 
  first 
  president. 
  In 
  

   October 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  at 
  the 
  Chicago 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Ornithologists' 
  Union, 
  a 
  second 
  organization, 
  the 
  Inland 
  Bird 
  Band- 
  

   ing 
  Association, 
  was 
  formed, 
  with 
  S. 
  Prentiss 
  Baldwin 
  as 
  president. 
  

   The 
  territory 
  assigned 
  to 
  this 
  organization 
  was 
  the 
  vast 
  area 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  Mountains 
  to 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  States, 
  

   including 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Saskatchewan, 
  Manitoba, 
  and 
  

   Alberta. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  1923 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  area, 
  ex- 
  

   clusive 
  of 
  New 
  England, 
  but 
  including 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  Province 
  

   of 
  Ontario, 
  was 
  organized 
  into 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Bird 
  Banding 
  Associ- 
  

   ation, 
  with 
  Dr. 
  Arthur 
  A. 
  Allen, 
  of 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  as 
  its 
  first 
  

   president. 
  There 
  remained 
  only 
  the 
  territory 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  coast 
  and 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  States 
  and 
  Provinces 
  where 
  a 
  

   banding 
  chapter 
  of 
  the 
  Cooper 
  Ornithological 
  Club 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  

  

  