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Association, a Tree Sparrow, and Mr. Aaron C. Bagg of 
Holyoke, Mass., banded the first migrating Song Sparrow, 
March 9, at 4.30 P. M., three hours after it appeared on 
his grounds. 
The following history of a Song Sparrow banded at 
Cohasset, Mass., by Mr. Laurence B. Fletcher, will show 
the importance of recording repeats (taken from Circular 
No. 3, U. S. Biological Survey) : 
No. 11006, Song Sparrow, 
Repeats, 1921, 
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Return, 1922, 
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Banded May 29, 1921, 3.15 P. M. 
May 31, 12 Noon 
June 5, 
June 6, 
June 7, 
June 16, 
May 13, 1922, 
May 16, 
May 16, 
July 5, 
July 13, 
July 22, 
July 26, 
July 29, 
Aug. 10, 
7 P. M. 
11 A. M. 
4 P. M. 
4 P. M. 
3 P. M. 
11 A. M. 
4 P. M. 
5 P. M. 
8 A. M. 
2 P. M. 
11 A. M. 
8 A. M. 
3 P. M. 
What became of No. 11006 after June 16, 1921, and where 
did it go on May 16, 1922, after it had returned three days 
previously? What was it doing in the period from May 16 
to July 5? At present these questions are puzzling, but 
with persistent work such details ultimately will be solved. 
Mrs. W. H. Herrick, of Topsfield, Mass., traps her birds 
in an ordinary canary cage, made so that the perch will 
break when a bird alights, thus closing the door. This 
trap is on the roof of a piazza under her bedroom window. 
She trapped and banded forty-three Evening Grosbeaks 
last spring, and three of these birds were in the cage at 
one time; the last one was banded May 8. She has also 
trapped and banded, among other birds, one hundred and 
nineteen adult Purple Finches. One Purple Finch, after 
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