Band© were j&aood m 1,341 Individuals of S3 species of bird© 
of 1«§@ m m&Xvm also baloaglag to various families# the majority 
am was mxm& t "Notify U. 3 * Bopt# Mgr* Wash* 9 . 0* w and of the other, 
Notify Biological Swvay,, toshlagton# D, O." 
In the ease of bird© tb&i toad been at liberty for we than a 
yoaa? the band© rotnras* wore telly worn# and thosa received after two 
year© meat wma fete sad friable* One baud mm than four year© old was 
rtebfored# bat it Is probable that on most birds that survived byroad a 
bird banding operations# 
411 bird© banded as a basis for the present study we released 
mat the M«orill© Qm (Blob at ttoo mouth of Bear Elver# Utah# save for 
a fm that in 1916 were given to the State -Fish and Saoo Qoraraiesion for 
©shibitloa at th© annual State fair la Salt leico City* these were eub- 
•oqaently released mar Geneva# Utah, oa tto© shore of Utah lake* from 
the 1,341 birds that were burned* 180 returns toavo been rocoivod, or some¬ 
what more than 14 per cent# Of th© whole number tended, 994 were daefco# 
of which 174 wore recovered# ©to number of returns from birds of this 
group# a little wo than 17 per coat# indicates the results that nay bo 
obtained from work in banding birds of this family# 
