﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1927. 
  — 
  Lincoln 
  

  

  Plate 
  1 
  

  

  Bands 
  Used 
  in 
  Marking 
  North 
  American 
  Birds 
  

  

  Lettering 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom 
  they 
  are: 
  n. 
  split-ring 
  band, 
  made 
  and 
  issued 
  by 
  P. 
  A. 
  Taverner; 
  

   I, 
  seamless 
  band, 
  first 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Haven 
  Bird 
  Club; 
  b, 
  flat 
  strip 
  band, 
  second 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  Haven 
  Bird 
  Club, 
  the 
  one 
  shown 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  thin 
  brass; 
  c 
  and 
  d, 
  ring 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Bird 
  Banding 
  Association; 
  e 
  and/, 
  flat 
  strip 
  bands, 
  the 
  first 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey; 
  g, 
  

   h, 
  i, 
  j. 
  and 
  fc, 
  the 
  present 
  split-ring 
  bands 
  of. 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey; 
  9" 
  and 
  / 
  show 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  

   inner 
  surfaces; 
  ft 
  shows 
  the 
  misprint 
  on 
  one 
  lot 
  whereby 
  "Biol. 
  Surv." 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  read 
  "Boil. 
  

   Surv."; 
  k 
  shows 
  the 
  smallest 
  band 
  with 
  legend 
  abbreviated 
  to 
  "Bi. 
  Surv." 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  

   series 
  letter, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  restricted 
  to 
  five 
  figures; 
  / 
  shows 
  a 
  lock 
  band 
  with 
  complete 
  legend, 
  

   the 
  type 
  used 
  on 
  waterfowl 
  and 
  other 
  large 
  birds; 
  m, 
  bands 
  used 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  bearing 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  (Photograph 
  from 
  Biological 
  Survey) 
  

  

  