BIRD BANDING, THE TELLTALE OF MIGRATORY FLIGHT 



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photograph from S. Prentiss Baldwin 



AN AUTOMATIC TRAP THAT WORKS 



Air. S. Prentiss Baldwin (see text, page 95) is driving the birds into a small "gathering 

 cage," which enables the bander to take the birds in hand without the difficulty and danger to 

 them that are attendant on their seizure in the traps. 



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Photograpli from U. S. Biological Survey 



GIVING BOBWHiTi: A FREE BRACELET 



This trap, which was designed especially for taking Bobwhites, has a layer of cloth placed 

 several inches below the wire top in order to prevent the birds injuring themselves in their eiforts 

 to escape. Mr. Herbert L. Stoddard is shown banding one of his cheery little neighbors. 



