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those of the cave, in and about it. There again, in the very same 

 nest, two broods were raised. I found several Pewees' nests at 

 some distance up the Creek, particularly under a bridge, and 

 several others in the adjoining meadows, attached to the inner 

 parts of sheds erected for the protection of hay and grain. Having 

 caught several of these birds on the nest, I had the pleasure of find- 

 ing that two of them had the little ring on the leg." 



In 1901, x the writer, unaware at that time of Audubon's experi- 

 ment, suggested that much might be learned of the movements of 

 birds by a system of tagging, if a suitable method could be devised. 

 No definite steps were taken at that time, however, to carry out the 

 plan. 



Some two or three years later Mr. P. A. Taverner of Detroit, 

 Mich., announced through 'The Auk' 2 that he proposed to attach 

 small aluminum bands to the tarsi of young birds, in the hope that 

 some of them might later fall into the hands of ornithologists and 

 the records be returned to him. On his band was stamped the 

 direction: "Notify The Auk, N. Y.," together with a serial number 

 for identification of the individual band. Mr. Taverner writes 

 me that comparatively few birds have been banded, and of these 

 but a single record has returned to date. This was of a Flicker 

 tagged by Mr. Chas. Kirkpatrick at Keota, Keokuk Co., Iowa, 

 May 29, 1905. 3 On the following Christmas day this bird was 

 taken by Mr. J. E. Roos at Many, Sabine Co., Louisiana. During 

 the present year the capture has been reported 4 of two ducks, a 

 Canvasback and a Redhead, both wearing bands marked with the 

 initials "T. J. O. D." These were taken in New Jersey, within 

 a week or two of each other, in the fall of 1907. 



Up to the present time it has not been learned, so far as I am 

 aware, who placed the bands upon these birds. Unless this person 

 is found these last records can have no especial value, but they 

 nevertheless help to emphasize the fact that a certain proportion 



1 Cole, Leon J. Suggestions for a method of studying the migrations of birds. 

 3d Rept. Mich. Acad. Sci., 1901, pp. 67-70, 1902. 



2 Auk, Vol. XXI, p. 410, July, 1904. 



3 Taverner, P. A. Tagging Migrants. Auk, Vol. XXIII, p. 232, April, 1906. 



4 Oldys, Henry. Capture of a tagged Canvasback Duck. Auk, Vol. XXV, No. 1, 

 p. 80, Jan., 1908. 



Woodruff, E. Seymour. Another Capture of a Tagged Duck. Auk, Vol. XXV, 

 No. 2, p. 216, April, 1908. 



