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THE WILSON BULLETIN— September, 1922 
nests. Our visit of June 26, last year, was made with the intention 
of band’ng the young, but the birds were gone. This year we went 
earlier, June 18, but again we were too late. However, this visit was 
not without results. May 28 we found quite an elaborate Herring Gull 
( Larus argentatus) nest on the top of a washed up stump. Three eggs 
were in the nest. June 18 the nest contained one young Gull and one 
egg. We banded the young Gull. 
When down on the first trip we saw ten Black Tern ( Hydrochel - 
idon nigra surinamcnsis) flying. Looked for nests but there were none. 
June 18 we located five nests, all on floating mats of reeds and very 
crude affairs, at most but the pulling together of a few pieces of reed. 
1 nest, 2 young and 1 egg 
2 nests, 3 eggs 
2 nests, 2 eggs 
We also found two nests, Sora Rail ( Porzana Carolina). One with 
one egg, the other with ten. 
A Least Bittern ( Ixohrychus cxilis) nest with five eggs. 
Nine Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phceniceus pliamiceus) nests. 
One with two young, two with four eggs, two with three eggs, one with 
two eggs, one with one egg, and two just completed with no eggs. 
Two pairs of Black Duck ( Anas rubripes ) and a pair of American 
Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus) were around and nesting, but we could 
not locate the nests. 
We also saw three Red-backed Sandpipers ( Pclidna alpina salchalina ) , 
the first we have seen in this locality for over twenty years. 
A pair of Bonaparte's Gulls ( Laras Philadelphia) were flying around 
the island May 28 and 29, but bad evidently proceeded on their journey 
north. They were not around June 18. 
My list of birds banded thus far this year is as follows: 
Cedar Waxwing ( Bombycilla ccdrorum) — One young just out of nest. 
Herring Gull ( Lams argcv.tatus) — One fledgling. 
Killdeer ( Oxycchus vociferus)- — One young. 
Pine Siskin ( Spinus pinus) — Three, two old and one young. 
White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis) — Eight. 
Slate-colored Junco ( Junco Uy emails hyemalis) — Thirteen. 
Song Sparrow ( Mclospiza mclodia mclodia) — Fifteen. 
Purple Finch ( Carpodacus purpureus purpureas) — One hundred and 
eighteen. 
One repeat on ten Purple Finch, two Song Sparrows, one Slate-colored 
Junco, one White-throated Sparrow. 
Two repeats on six Purple Finch and one Song Sparrow. 
Three repeats on two Purple Finch. 
I would have done better but ran out of bands May 4 just as the 
White-throated Sparrow migration was well under way, and did not 
get a new supply until June 25. I again ran out July 18, but started 
again July 22, cutting down No. 3 bands, which I find work quite sat- 
isfactorily. I fortunately had a supply of the No. 3 on hand, gotten in 
expectation of banding the young Common Tern. 
Running out of bands had one advantage. For four or five days 
after I ran out, May 4, banded Purp’e Finch were in and out of my win- 
