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cured blank aluminum, either in tubes which were cut into the desired 
lengths for the “closed” bands, or in sheets which w^ere cut up for “open” 
bands, and the stamping was done in part by ourselves, and in part by a 
janitor at so much per hour for his labor. Financial assistance came 
from a number of sources of which I do not at present have the record, 
but we were always sailing very close to the wind and more than once 
were almost on the rocks. On such occasions, I usually turned to Dr. 
Bishop, and it was largely owing to his unfailing response in times of 
need that we were able to keep the work going in these early years. 
The plans for 1909 met a cordial response from a considerable num- 
ber of ornithologists. The records now in my possession are incomplete 
and in attempting to give a list of even those collaborators who took a 
most active interest I am doubtless omitting a number whose names 
should be mentioned. A partial list, taken at random, includes: T. C. 
Stephens, Sioux City, Iowa; Harry S. Hathaway, Providence, R. I.; 
Ernest Harold Baynes, Meriden, N. H..; Alfred C. Redfield, Havenford, 
Pa.; B. S. Bowdish, Demarest, N. J.; Alfred O. Gross, then at Harvard 
Dniversity; Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio; Ora W. Knight, Bangor, Me.; 
Charles W. Miller, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa.; Arthur H. Norton, Port- 
land, Me.; Leonard S. Pearson, Wayne, Pa.; R. M. Strong, Chicago, 111.; 
A. A. Saunders, Anaconda, Mont.; S. A. Courtis, Detroit, Mich.; Roy 
Thompson, Cando, N. D.; William L. Findley, Milwaukee, Ore. While 
this list undoubtedly has glaring omissions, it will at least serve to in- 
dicate to what extent the work in this season took on more than a local 
character. 
The results obtained in 1909 were also much more encouraging. As 
these were reported in some detail in the Auk,^ there will be no need to 
repeat them here. Something over a thousand birds w^ere banded during 
the season and a fair number of “ returns ” was obtained the same year. 
The most interesting of these in many respects were the results from 
banding done by Redfield and Pearson in a colony of Black-crowned 
Night Herons at Barnstable, Mass. Of nearly 200 young birds banded 
seven “ returns ” came in during August and September of the same year. 
Some of the letters announcing the finding of these birds were of more 
than scientific interest, and I cannot refrain from mentioning two of 
them in particular. The first was decidedly apologetic, and ran as 
follows ; 
“ Gentlem dear sirs Your bird was shot here to day by me Albert 
Bailey for which I was more than Sorry when I found it had a ring on. 
I took it for a Hawk as It flew several times over my yard as I thought 
after chickens and Gentlemen all I can say that I am sorry If I did 
wrong In so doing and also beg Pardon. 
“ Yours with Rees 
“Albert Bailey.” 
The other letter, from A. R. Graham & Son, Berkeley Hills Trout 
Farm, Berkeley, Mass., was in quite a different tone. It read: 
“Gentlemen: The bearer of the enclosed [band] was found in one 
of our traps yesterday morning. Now will you please tell us if you are 
^Vol. XXVII, 1910, pp. 153-168. 
