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below Washington; the third was shot at Pennsville, N. J., July 18; 

 while the fourth and fifth were found dead under the tree in which 

 they had been marked. The second chart (Fig. 2), constructed 

 from Dr. Bartsch's data, together with a consideration of the dates 

 in the two cases, shows the striking similarity between his results 

 and those obtained by us in New England. Here, again, although 

 the number of records is small, we get a suggestion of the general 

 dispersal of the young as soon as they are able to get away from the 

 parent colony. Furthermore, there is an indication that this dis- 

 persal preponderates in northerly directions. 



One or two others of the more interesting "returns" will be all 

 that our time will allow: 



No. 577. Flicker, fledgling, tagged at Kingston, R. I., June 30, 

 1909, by John R. Eldred. Shot by a student in a different building 

 at the same place, September 22, 1909. Reported by Prof. John 

 Barlow. 



No. 832. Sora Rail, adult, was caught May 5, 1909, on Wooded 

 Island, Jackson Park, Chicago, and banded by Archibald Church. 

 On May 8, three days later this same bird was captured alive on 

 the same island by Paul Pause, Jr. 



No. 988. Robin, 6 days old, banded at Berw^yn, Pa., by Leonard 

 S. Pearson, June 6, 1909. Found dead at Devon, Pa., one and one- 

 half mile from where banded, on July 4, 1909, by George A. ]McCook. 

 In commenting on this record Mr. Pearson says it shows that the 

 parent birds must feed and care for the young w^hen they leave the 

 nest prematurely, since these birds were unable to fly when they 

 started out into the world. 



No. 1930. Red-breasted Merganser, fledgling, banded August 7, 

 1909, at Plum Lake, Vilas Co., Wis., by Ely Whitehead. Shot on 

 Big Lake St. Germain in the same county by F. Wagner, on Sep- 

 tember 28, 1909. 



No. 4169. Common Tern, about two weeks old, tagged at the 

 St. Clair Flats, Lake St. Clair, July 5, 1909. Shot at the Flats, not 

 far from place of banding, on August 23, 1909. Reported by Lou 

 J. Eppinger of Detroit. 



Other records might be enumerated, but those already given are 

 sufficient to indicate the sort of results that may be expected from 

 this work, and that are, in fact, being obtained. Since the birds 



