trapping himself, mounted the upper perch and burst into 
song. 
Hon. Herbert Parker, of Lancaster, Mass., the latter part 
of last winter banded thirty Tree Sparrows, nineteen Fox 
and eighteen Song Sparrows. The Tree and Song Spar¬ 
rows repeated, but none of the Fox Sparrows. In April and 
May, twenty-two White-throats were banded, and none of 
these repeated, except one which came at 8 in the morning 
and repeated at 6.30 at night. In October Mr. Parker 
banded a White-crowned Sparrow, “young of the year,” and 
some Fox Sparrows, and of these he had three Fox Spar¬ 
rows repeat in November. 
William E. Smith, of South Chatham, Mass., banded over 
one hundred Common and Roseate Terns, fledglings, and 
while on a trip to New Brunswick on the steamer Governor 
Dingley, he banded a Song Sparrow which flew on board 
when the boat was 30 miles off Portland, Maine, and re¬ 
leased it next day at Lubec, Maine. 
Miss Bertha E. Brown, of Bangor,, Maine, in reporting 
the banding of a Chipping Sparrow, said that when she 
opened her hand to release the bird he would not fly, but 
lay quietly on her outstretched hand. This continued so 
long that she became tired and sat down. When she looked 
at her watch, she found that the sparrow had remained five 
minutes longer before deciding to fly away. 
While on a vacation at Unity, Maine, Mr. Arthur W. 
Taylor, of Salem, Mass., banded a female Wood Pewee and 
two young. The mother bird was so tame that she fed the 
young birds as they sat on Mr. Taylor's knee. 
Mr. L. B. Fletcher, of Cohasset, banded a Red-winged 
Blackbird (male) in August, 1922. The next day this bird 
appeared at the trap with a female and four fledglings. 
After leading them around the trap several times, the female 
and four young went under the trap, were taken and banded. 
In the twenty years Mr. Fletcher has lived there he had 
never observed Red-winged Blackbirds on his lawn, where 
the trap is operated, until regular feeding was established. 
Mrs. Alice B. Pratt, of Middleboro, Mass., used a pull¬ 
string trap on the beach at Marion, and caught and banded 
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