IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



the banding incident related above. I had 

 provided myself with a number of aluminum 

 bands, each stamped with a number and "No- 

 tify Am. Museum. N.Y.," furnished by the 

 American Bird-Banding Association, whose 

 headquarters are at the American Museum of 

 Natural History in New York City. Birds 

 which are banded in the nest, and recorded on 

 cards that are sent to the Association, may af- 

 terwards fall into the hands of man, and if the 

 date and locality of their decease is forwarded 

 to the central bureau where the original rec- 

 ord is kept, many interesting and unexpected 

 things may in time be learned about migra- 

 tion and bird wandering. Already considerable 

 valuable information has been accumulated. 

 Now it so happened that a couple of weeks 

 after I had banded those downy black-backed 

 gulls, Ambroise Lalo, a Montagnais Indian, 

 was much surprised to find a little shining 

 ring on the leg of a plump young gull that he 

 was preparing for the pot, and he later pre- 

 sented this curious ring to Captain Joncas. 

 In this way I learned that number 36,340 met 

 his death only four miles from his birthplace. 

 I had an amusing experience here at Old 

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