A Word about Traps. 
The majority of our banders have the Government spar¬ 
row trap, or something very like it. Others have simply 
a pull-string trap, and some have both kinds. A member 
in West Virginia uses a trap which he considers superior 
to the ordinary pull-string trap. It is four feet square, 
fifteen inches high, with a swinging door in one side, hinged 
to the top piece of the trap. This door is held open by a 
cord. Loosening the cord lets the door fall and closes the 
trap. A Rochester, N. Y., man placed his trap over a bird 
bath, which has proven to be very successful. At Man¬ 
chester, N. H., a member uses two Government traps, one 
painted fern green and the other unpainted. He makes the 
interesting statement that on one occasion when the traps 
were left side by side for several days, the painted trap 
was not occupied at all, while the unpainted one trapped 
six or seven birds. 
Bait. 
The baits most commonly used and which have proven 
most successful have been chick feed, millet, sunflower 
seeds, canary seed, crusts of bread, doughnuts, suet, etc. 
Experiments should be made frequently, however, and it 
has been often found that a change of bait will add very 
much to the bander’s record. It has been reported that a 
Catbird would not take any bait placed under a trap, and 
not until brown bread crusts were used was the Catbird 
taken. 
Mr. Aaron C. Bagg, of Holyoke, Mass., banded fifty-six 
Tree Sparrows. Thirty-one were banded prior to March 1, 
1922, twenty-five after March 1, 1922. The following is 
a record of the seven returns he has had: 
No. 22196, banded Feb. 11, 1922, returned Dec. 4, 1922. 
No. 22188,, banded Feb. 10, 1922, returned Dec. 11, 1922. 
No. 22190, banded Feb. 10, 1922, returned Dec. 11, 1922. 
No. 22202, banded Feb. 11, 1922, returned Dec. 13, 1922. 
No. 22198, banded Feb. 11, 1922, returned Dec. 18, 1922. 
No. 22199, banded Feb. 11, 1922, returned Dec. 19, 1922. 
No. 14030, banded Feb. 17, 1922, returned Jan. 6, 1923. 
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