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he seemed to be more interested in that than in escaping, but between 

 times we were able to get one or two good pictures of him and thought 

 it might interest you to get a good look at this shy bird. 



The Fox Sparrow is again proving to be a regular boarder; so far 

 this year there are three of them that have stayed behind the others 

 and they are in the traps at least two times every day right along. Do 

 you remember back in one of the other Bulletins we told you about the 

 one that stayed all winter and was trapped 165 times? That record is 

 likely to be broken by these three regular boarders. 



During the fall we trapped another large number of White-throated 

 Sparrows and the total number we have banded is over 1,000; of this 

 large number and also of the number that the other bird-banders have 

 succeeded in trapping there seems to be no returns on migratory points, 

 yet Mr. S. Prentiss Baldwin has had repeated returns since 191 6 up to 

 1923 at his banding station at Thomasville, Georgia, and this little 

 group of birds that come to him every year occupy a certain portion of 

 the shrubbery about the house and are seldom found in one of the other 

 traps that are only a few hundred feet away. Mr. Baldwin has had re- 

 turns from this little group continually during the past six years, yet 

 he seems to be the only one successful with these birds. We hope we will 

 be able to solve the mystery before long. 



— W. I. Lyon. 



An Early Bird Day 



A SUCCESSFUL bird-day program was given by the children of 

 Carbondale, 111., March 8, 1923. It was given under the auspices 

 of the civic department of the Carbondale Woman's Club, which had 

 offered prizes for the best bird-houses built by children. 



Great interest was shown by the children, who tried to make the 

 houses practical, sanitary, and beautiful; still, the real thing they con- 

 sidered was "will the bird for which I am building this house come to 

 live in it?" 



Several days before the program was given, the bird-houses were put 

 on exhibit in the show windows of a book store. It was interesting to 

 hear the comments made by the children who crowded around the 

 windows. 



Such remarks as these were heard, "Isn't that a pretty house?" 

 "Huh? No bird would come to that house; it's too bright." "There's 

 no way to get into that house to clean it." 



Although it was a rainy day, nearly twelve hundred children gath- 

 ered to hear the program. It consisted of old-fashioned recitations, 

 readings, and bird songs. 



