42 THE AUDUBON’ BULLE Tie 
ins, Killdeer, Scaup Duck, Broad-winged Hawk, Song Sparrow, 
and Red-winged Blackbirds. Meadow Larks were also reported 
today. 
Urbana 
Professor Frank Smith sends the following notes: 
In The Audubon Bulletin Spring 1922, the writer announced 
the results of a warfare on the English Sparrow during 1921. 
More than 500 were captured in an ordinary city dooryard. 
There has been no truce, and the efforts to eliminate the pests 
have not been diminished, though during 1922 the total number 
captured was but 285. The number in the vicinity was greatly 
reduced in the latter part of the season and only 138 specimens 
were taken during November and the first half of December, 
although the traps were in constant readiness. The date of the 
last capture was November 17, and very few of them have been 
seen in the immediate vicinity since that date. 
No Starlings have appeared since those reported last year, 
and, as far as I am aware, a lone Bronzed Grackle is the only 
representative of the Blackkbird tribe that has passed the winter 
in the vicinity. 
Mockingbirds seem now to be thoroughly established here, 
as permanent residents, and are seen all through the winter in 
several different places in Urbana and Champaign. Asparagus 
berries are eaten extensively by the individuals coming to the 
writer’s dooryard during the winter. 
W aukegan 
April 18th, Mr. W. I. Lyon wrote: I have had a wonder- 
ful time with the Cedar Waxwings, they came in flocks as you 
will notice by the trap picture and in two weeks we banded 
about two hundred of them. It was very noticeable how quiet 
they were while being banded and held in the hand and flew 
only a short distance on being released and many of them re- 
peated a number of times showing little fear of people. The 
main bait to attract them we found to be cut apples. 
So far this year we have placed over five hundred bands 
and our big harvest is just starting when the White-throated 
Sparrows arrive. 
How to Start Bird Banding 
Begin the easiest way. 
Trap only at convenient times. 
Use a flat box trap with a stick under one side and a string 
to your window. Keep the ground underneath the trap al- 
ways baited so that when you are not around it becomes a 
permanent feeding station. 
The trap should be about three feet square and four saenes 
deep, made entirely of wire netting or make the sides of light 
