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white-throated specimen proved to be 
an invariable squealer. 
Cracked grain and bread is an inviting 
bait in attracting birds to a trap, the 
grain being finely pulverized and scat- 
tered thinly to a distance of five feet 
from the trap. The crusts and bulky 
pieces of bread are reserved for allure- 
ments inside the trap, the bird having 
a keen eye for the larger chunks. 
Robins are not easily ensnared, but 
one bird fancier suggests the use of 
mulberries as an enticing bait. Strange 
enough, in alluring house sparrows, a 
couple of their own tribe is an effective 
decoy. Dogs and cats prove annoying 
to captured birds and it-is advisable 
to place a guard fence around each 
trap, a stretch of chicken net wire 
three feet high, and 60 feet long will 
serve the purpose of forming a circular 
pen 29 feet in diameter. An approved 
trapping method is thus described: A 
small piece of zine is so bent upon a 
piece of wire that it serves as a perch; 
the wire is loosely tacked to the box 
with staples, and is so bent that a 
thread may be fastened upon the end 
of the wire. A pull on the thread 
closes the perch up against the en- 
trance. With a couple of staples this 
trap door may be attached temporarily 
to any box, or tree stump, and used for 
all the hole-nesting birds. 
NCE the bird has been captured, 
there is a prescribed method for 
fastening the identification tag. The 
bands vary in size, with the accom- 
panying instruction to select the small- 
est-size that will close around the bare 
portion of the foot or leg, immediately 
above the toes, without fitting so 
securely as to bind or chafe. It should 
be permitted to move freely up and 
down, and yet should not fit so loosely 
as a bracelet. This latter caution is 
particularly applicable to small perch- 
ing birds where there is opportunity for 
twigs and thorns to penetrate openings 
in loosely fitting bands. The edges of 
the bands are lapped, these being 
smooth, thereby avoiding the possibility 
of projecting edges forming companion- 
ship with nesting material. While the 
danger from open bands is not negli- 
gible, there is also possible ill effects 
from lapping the band so far as to 
cause it to bind or pinch. A complete 
paralysis of the foot might be the ulti- 
mate result. A pair of small round- 
nosed pliers is an indispensable in- 
strument in labelling birds by serial 
numbers, a little practice with the tool 
insuring skill in placing the bands. 
Any round, pointed instrument is ade- 
quate for opening bands sufficiently to 
permit the entrance of the bird’s leg. 
A metal pencil, however, serves the 
purpose ideally and also performs the 
function of jotting down the data in 

Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
the scientific study of the species. 
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Bands should not be placed on recently 
hatched birds, waiting until they are 
fully fledged and ready to depart from | 
the nest. 4 
Fe VROEE has long employed the 
method of banding birds in making 
ago. Here is the three-year history o 
a song sparrow trapped near Cleve 
land, Ohio: No. 27705, banded May 
26, 1915, and taken June 5; recaptured 
on June 20, 1916, on the same spot; 
and killed in a trap by a shrike on 
July 7, 1918. A chimney swift banded — 
on June 6, 1916, was taken on June 
12, 1917, on both occasions coming — 
down the same bed-room chimney. A 
brown thrasher banded on February — 
27, 1915, was taken on March 13 and ~ 
two or three times a day until the trap 
was moved on March 25, always at 
the same feeding station. In 1916 the 
same bird was taken on February 21, 
D225 205 at aor ee March 1, 2, 16, and 
29. 
The bes ete rate from natural and 
accidental causes is astonishingly large, 
a fact which interrupts a continuous 
study of bird history. The cumulative 
evidence of thousands of specimens, as 
assembled by means of recording their 
distinguishing characteristics as re- 
flected by indentification tags, should 
render available scientific information 
heretofore lacking in a study of the 
feathered tribe. The Federal govern- 
ment will issue the data in the form of 
a popular exposition, which should at 
once stimulate the pride of bird lovers 
and enlighten the public as to the life 
habits of these creatures of flight. 

Northern Minnesota by 
Snowshoe 
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years, those who had not, told me that 
they were surprised at the ease with 
which they were manipulated. Sore 
feet did not interrupt the good nature 
of the party, owing largely to constant 
care. It was the usual thing to wash 
put on dry sox. Three pairs, one of 
thin silk and two of the heaviest wool, 
were used. Oil-tanned moccasins wer 
used, and a pair of leather-topped rub- 
bers when the snow frequently became 
wet. 
of members of the party that snow- 
shoe hiking should receive more atten 
tion from those interested in travel 
ing “by hand.” It is, therefore, hereby 
heartily suggested that every hiking 
club in the northern states decide to 
take one of these cool, dustless hikes 
through the white woods this winter, 
just as an experiment. 
It will identify you, 
