THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW ENGLAND 
BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION. 
Laurence B. Fletcher. 
The New England Bird Banding Association was founded 
on January 16, 1922, and as a result of preliminaries which 
had been going on during the previous six months, approxi¬ 
mately one hundred and fifty persons had, up to January 16, 
signified their intention of becoming members of the Asso¬ 
ciation. On January 1, 1923, there were approximately 
four hundred active members, and in addition over one 
hundred persons had expressed a desire to join. 
During 1922 members of the New England Association 
have banded nearly five thousand birds, and complete rec¬ 
ords of these bandings are in the files of the Association. 
This number would, undoubtedly, have been several times 
greater had it not been for the lack of bands, as the United 
States Government had very few for distribution between 
June and November, owing to the unexpected demand. The 
Association's records show that one hundred and thirty 
species have been banded, the Song Sparrow heading the list 
with five hundred and forty-two. The Robin, with two 
hundred and nineteen, and the Chipping Sparrow with one 
hundred and eighty-three, come next in order. Black- 
crowned Night Herons, Roseate Terns, Purple Finches and 
White-throated Sparrows number about one hundred and 
fifty each; Tree Sparrows and Barn Swallows about one 
hundred each. Some of the more uncommon species suc¬ 
cessfully banded are Petrels, Scaup Duck, Woodcock, Spotted 
Sandpiper, Semi-palmated Plover, Hummingbird, Wood 
Pewee, Prairie Horned Lark, Henslow's Sparrow, Grass¬ 
hopper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Sharp-tailed 
Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Magnolia Warbler, Brown 
Creeper, Blue-winged Warbler, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 
The Hon. Herbert Parker banded the first bird for the 
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