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THE WILSON BULLETIN— September, 1922 
Sault Ste. Marie and Waukegan Purple Finch records show the 
need of more banders along the lake shore between these stations, so 
that there would be a chance for concentrated work on this species. 
If you know of any bird workers anywhere on the shores of Lake Mich- 
igan try to interest them in helping this district get started. 
Dr. Landsborough Thompson’s article in the July, 1921, “ Ibis ” 
criticized the “ promiscuous ringing ” method of placing bands, saying 
that the work would be more valuable if the various banders would 
concentrate all their efforts on a few especially worthwhile spocies and 
would not band all birds. 
This article brought forth a great deal of protest in the March, 
1922, “ British Birds.” The protests pointed out that the “ promiscuous 
ringing” method, which is the method used in the United States, creates 
more interest among the collaborators and is consequently responsible 
for the placing of a larger number of bands than would be placed under 
any other system. 
The same issue gives the total results of their “ marking scheme,” 
both for the year of 1921 and for the whole period of their existence, 
1909 to 1921. The 1921 summary shows a total of 8997 rings (bands) 
placed, while the grand total is 105,435. Mr. A. Mayall heads the list 
for 1921 with a record of 1408, while two close seconds are credited 
with over 1000 apiece. 
Mr. L. R. Talbot’s article in the July, 1922, ” Auk ” proves how the 
contageous effect of Bird Banding is liable to act on a person. He was 
changed from a novice to a veteran in less than thirty days and now 
he is convicted for life. 
Mr. S. Prentiss Baldwin was unable to go to his usual trapping sta- 
tion at Thomasville, Ga., this year, so Mr. Talbot went there to carry 
on that very important work. In thirty days he had placed 313 bands, 
taken 43 returns, and including repeats, had handled a total of 1804 
birds, covering seventeen species, as follows: 258 Chipping Sparrows, 
12 Cardinals, 7 White-throated Sparrows, 5 Juncos, 5 White-eyed Tow- 
hees, 4 Blue Jays, 4 Florida Blue Jays, 4 Brown Thrashers, 2 Field 
Sparrows, 2 Towhees, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 1 Mourning Dove, 
1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Myrtle Warbler, 1 Palm Warbler, 1 Song Sparrow. 
Returns, 29 Chipping Sparrows, 5 Brown Thrashers, 4 Cardinals, 3 White- 
throated Sparrows, 1 Blue Jay and 1 Myrtle Warbler. 
Of the return records, by far the most interesting and most im- 
portant is that of a Brown Thrasher banded by Mr. Baldwin in 1915, 
and taken again in 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921 and in 1922. 
The “Auk ” of July, 1922, has an interesting article by F. C. Lincoln 
on “ Trapping Ducks for Banding Purposes,” covering the work of Mr. H. 
S. Osier of Toronto, in his activities on Lake Scugog, which is about six- 
teen miles north of Lake Ontario. 
During the autumns of 1920 and 1921 Mr. Osier trapped 600 ducks, 
covering four species, from which there have been some interesting re- 
turns. 
