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WHAT TO DO IF 
YOU FIND A BAND 
What do you do if you find a 
live banded bird? 
Do not remove the band, but read 
the number on the band, write it 
down, and release the bird care- 
fully. Hopefully, the banded bird 
will be caught again elsewhere. 
Remember, don* t take the band off : 
you might injure the bird. Please 
send in the following information: 
1. Your name and address 
(plainly printed) 
2. All letters and numbers 
on the band. 
3. The date you found the bird. 
4. The place where you found 
the bird. 
5. How you obtained the bird. 
PLACE THIS INFORMATION IN AN 
ENVELOPE AND SEND IT TO THE 
ADDRESS ON THE BAND . 
If you find a band on a dead 
bird, straighten the band out and 
tape it securely to a piece of 
heavy paper. Send the following 
information with the band: 
1. Your name and address 
(plainly printed) 
2. All letters and numbers 
. on the band. 
5. The date you found the 
band. 
4. The place where you found 
the band. 
5. Tell how you obtained the 
band (on a bird found 
dead — shot, trapped, 
etc. ) 
PLACE THIS INFORMATION AND THE 
BAND IN AN ENVELOPE AND SEND 
IT TO THE ADDRESS ON THE BAND . 
If the band you found was that 
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- 
vice you will receive a letter from 
the Bird Banding Laboratory tell- 
ing where the bird was banded, what 
kind it was, and who banded it. 
The Smithsonian’s Pacific program, 
or whoever banded it, will also 
learn that you found the band. 
Please do not send bands or 
band numbers to the Smithsonian 
Institution. This may cause con- 
fusion with other banding programs 
operating in the Pacific. 
READERS URGED TO 
CONTRIBUTE NEWS 
Readers of the Pacific Bird Obser- 
ver are urged to send their person- 
al observations of Pacific birds 
directly to the Pacific Ocean Bio- 
logical Survey Program, Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington, DC . , 20560. 
Information on the numbers of birds 
and the local breeding and migra- 
tion schedules of various species 
is especially needed. Also useful 
are interesting photographs and 
information about people with birds. 
Appropriate items may be published 
in future issues. We welcome re- 
quests to be put on our free mail- 
ing list for future issues. 
Letters to us concerning our 
program in the Pacific and re- 
quests to be put on our free 
mailing list for the Pacific 
Bird Observer should be ad- 
dressed to Pacific Ocean Bio- 
logical Survey Program, Smith- 
sonian Institution, Washington, 
DC., 20560. 
