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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  chusetts, 
  and 
  Pennsylvania) 
  apparently 
  adhere 
  to 
  the 
  coastal 
  route, 
  

   as 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  returns 
  come 
  from 
  points 
  in 
  Maryland, 
  

   Virginia, 
  and 
  the 
  Carolinas; 
  while 
  those 
  marked 
  in 
  the 
  Central 
  

   States 
  (Michigan, 
  Wisconsin, 
  Ohio, 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  Iowa) 
  

   follow 
  the 
  great 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  flyway 
  through 
  Tennessee, 
  Ar- 
  

   kansas, 
  and 
  Missouri 
  to 
  winter 
  quarters 
  in 
  Mississippi, 
  Louisiana, 
  

   and 
  Texas. 
  Records 
  showing 
  the 
  return 
  flight 
  in 
  spring 
  are 
  similar 
  

   but 
  contain 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  of 
  erratic 
  wandering, 
  which 
  is 
  best 
  

   shown 
  by 
  one 
  banded 
  at 
  Auburn, 
  Ala., 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  retaken 
  two 
  

   months 
  later 
  at 
  Pawnee 
  City, 
  Nebr. 
  

  

  Sparrows 
  and 
  finches. 
  — 
  The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  FringillidcB 
  

   easily 
  constitute 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  banded 
  at 
  small 
  bird- 
  

   trapping 
  stations. 
  Responding 
  readily 
  to 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  bait 
  and 
  

   traps, 
  every 
  station 
  reports 
  them 
  regularly. 
  Naturally, 
  when 
  traps 
  

   are 
  operated 
  year 
  after 
  year 
  many 
  birds 
  are 
  recaptured, 
  some 
  

   supplying 
  an 
  unbroken 
  series 
  of 
  records 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  Such 
  

   data 
  are 
  highly 
  important 
  but 
  obviously 
  must 
  be 
  analyzed 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  information 
  from 
  other 
  sources. 
  With 
  this 
  in 
  mind 
  

   it 
  is 
  desirable 
  here 
  to 
  mention 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  striking 
  cases, 
  

   returns 
  that 
  give 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  flights 
  made 
  by 
  

   these 
  diminutive 
  travelers. 
  

  

  Purple 
  finches 
  {Carpodacus 
  purpureus) 
  are 
  favorites 
  at 
  many 
  

   stations 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  " 
  station 
  returns," 
  there 
  

   also 
  are 
  some 
  recoveries 
  from 
  distant 
  points. 
  Birds 
  banded 
  at 
  Sault 
  

   Ste. 
  Marie, 
  Mich., 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  later 
  in 
  Tennessee 
  and 
  Arkansas 
  ; 
  

   one 
  banded 
  at 
  Pasadena, 
  Calif., 
  in 
  March 
  was 
  recovered 
  in 
  June, 
  

   at 
  Porter, 
  Wash.; 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Wellesley, 
  Mass., 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  

   at 
  Rockingham, 
  N. 
  C. 
  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  flights 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  

   are 
  shown 
  by 
  two 
  birds, 
  one 
  banded 
  at 
  Norwalk, 
  Conn., 
  and 
  retaken 
  

   at 
  Haynesville, 
  La. 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  banded 
  at 
  Peterboro, 
  N. 
  H., 
  and 
  

   recovered 
  five 
  months 
  later 
  at 
  Thornton, 
  Tex. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  miscellaneous 
  returns 
  for 
  other 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  group 
  will 
  

   show 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  is 
  being 
  accumulated. 
  

   A 
  white-crowned 
  sparrow 
  {Zonotrichia 
  leticophnjs) 
  banded 
  at 
  In- 
  

   dianapolis, 
  Ind., 
  was 
  retaken 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  at 
  Doucet, 
  

   Quebec; 
  and 
  another 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  marked 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  Wash., 
  was 
  

   caught 
  again 
  at 
  Watson 
  ville, 
  Calif. 
  A 
  white-throated 
  sparrow 
  

   {Zonotrichia 
  alhicolis) 
  banded 
  at 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  April 
  was 
  found 
  

   the 
  following 
  January 
  at 
  Cumming, 
  Ga. 
  A 
  chipping 
  sparrow 
  

   {Spizella 
  passeriiia) 
  was 
  banded 
  at 
  Westfield, 
  Mass., 
  and 
  later 
  re- 
  

   covered 
  from 
  Pamplico, 
  S. 
  C. 
  A 
  remarkable 
  return 
  for 
  a 
  Junco 
  

   {Junco 
  hyemalis) 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  one 
  banded 
  at 
  Crystal 
  Bay, 
  Minn., 
  

   and 
  ret 
  rapped 
  at 
  Demarest, 
  N. 
  J. 
  Another 
  Junco 
  from 
  Cleveland, 
  

   Ohio, 
  was 
  retaken 
  at 
  Alexis, 
  N. 
  C, 
  while 
  a 
  third 
  was 
  banded 
  in 
  

  

  