250 



Cleaves, American Bird Banding Association. 



f Auk 

 L April 



seventy-three bands were distributed among forty-four persons 

 residing in -various parts of the country, and representing such 

 widely separated territories as Nova Scotia, Montana and Florida. 

 All told, eight hundred of the hands issued this year (1912) have 

 been actually placed on birds and some of these have already 

 yielded return records possessing a high degree of interest. The 

 total number of species handed during the past season is seventy- 

 three, of which the following is a summary: 



