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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Robin, No. 42780. 



1917, July 21. Banded in a nest in our yard. 



1919, June. Killed by a cat. Some children saw the band and took 

 the bird away from the cat and brought it to school. This was less 

 than half mile from the bird's birthplace. 



Robin, No. 42790. 



1918, May 17. Banded in a nest in next yard. 



1920, April 6. Trapped and released within 200 feet of its birthplace. 

 Robin, No. 42065. 



1920, April 22. Adult male, trapped and released. , 



1920, Dec. 13. Shot at Kossuth, Mississippi, 550 miles from trapping 

 ground. 



Redwing Blackbird, No. 20626. 



1917, June 16. Fledgling just learning to fly, caught and banded. 



1918, Jan. 21. Shot at Centerville, Alabama, 700 miles from birthplace. 

 Bronzed Grackle, No. 42695. 



1920, March 31. Adult male, trapped and banded. 

 1920, May 24. Found dead about three blocks away. 

 Slate-colored Junco, No. 29120. 



1920, April 1. Adult male, trapped and banded. Repeated. 



1921, Feb. 7. Trapped and released. Repeated. 



Trapping is not as dif- 

 ficult as it sounds. One can 

 be successful with so simple 

 a trap as a sieve trap. Nail 

 together four boards, one 

 inch thick and four inches 

 wide so as to make a box 

 three feet square and four 

 inches deep. Tack some 

 screen wire on the top. Prop- 

 it up with a stick about a 

 foot high under one side. 

 Attach a string to the stick 

 and run it into your window. 

 Put feed on the ground un- 

 derneath your box and you 

 have a feeding station. 

 When you pull the string 

 you have a trap. The or- 

 dinary trap for English 

 Sparrows is more often used. 



This is described in detail 

 in Farmer's Bulletin 493, The English Sparrow as a Pest, and can be ob- 

 tained from the Department of Agriculture. We have experimented with 

 several traps of our own devising and with considerable success. 



The accompanying illustration shows our most successful trap, which 

 is an improvement over the ordinary sparrow trap in the shape of the 

 funnels. The entrance opening being only two thirds of the height of the 

 trap, more flying space is left on the inside of the trap. When a bird 



Photo by William I. Lyon 



BANDING A FLEDGLING 



