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this organization, has invented new forms of successful traps, and holds 
the world’s record for handling birds in the past year. 
Treasurer, — 
Mr. Herbert L. Stoddard, Public Museum, Milwaukee, AVis. Mr. Stod- 
dard is connected with the Public Museum of Milwaukee. He was form- 
erly with the Field Museum of Chicago, is one of the most active and 
best bird men of this district, and recently placed over two hundred 
bands on young Gannets at Bonaventure Island. 
The Councilors, — 
Mr. M. J. Magee, Sault. Ste Marie, Mich. Mr. Magee is vice-president 
of the Sault Savings Bank, a leader of the bird work in his city, and his 
work with the Evening Grosbeaks is well known. 
Mrs. H. C. Miller, 1110 Main Street, Racine, AVis. Mrs. Miller was 
formerly an active worker in the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the 
Brookline Bird Club, is now one of the leaders of Racine Bird and 
Nature Club. 
Mrs. Miller is doing active work to secure more members for the 
Inland Bird Banding Association along Lake Michigan. 
Percival Brooks Coffin, 39 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. Mr. 
Coffin is a Bond Broker and President of the Chicago Ornithological 
Society and a leader in all bird work about Chicago. 
Dr. F. C. Test, 30 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. Dr. Test 
is a Physician, and Vice-President of the Chicago Ornithological Society. 
Dr. Test has been very active in inducing people to become interested 
in Bird Banding. 
Dr. H. B. Ward, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Dr. AVard is 
the head of the Department of Zoology in University of Illinois. He 
spent the summer of 1922 in Yellowstone National Park placing bands 
and making observations on Pelicans. 
GRACKLES ATTACK JUNCO 
On November 22, there were about two hundred Bronzed Grackles 
that stopped for rest in their migration in our yard while we were doing 
our morning trapping. A Junco had been trapped in one of the flat 
traps, and was hopping about trying to find an opening, when suddenly 
a Grackle made a dive from a nearby tree and tried his best to catch 
the Junco; then more followed until there were about twenty-five on the 
trap, all trying hard to catch the one poor little Junco. One of the 
Grackles was successful in pulling out some of its feathers just as 
reinforcements arrived in the shape of a club thrown at the flock. 
We believe if they had not been noticed they would have killed 
the Junco, as it was becoming tired from the constant dodging, and 
surely the Grackles tried hard enough. 
During the nesting season this year the Grackles spoiled nearly all 
the eggs of the Robins in our yard. Wm. I. Lyon. 
