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he seemed to be more interested in that than in escaping, but between 
times we were able to get one or two good pictures of him and thought 
it might interest you to get a good look at this shy bird. 
The Fox Sparrow i is again proving to be a regular boarder; so far 
this year there are three of them that have stayed behind the others 
and they are in the traps at least two times every day right along. Do 
you remember back in one of the other Bulletins we told you about the 
one that stayed all winter and was trapped 165 times? That record is 
likely to be broken by these three regular boarders. 
During the fall we trapped another large number of White-throated 
Sparrows and the total number we have banded is over 1,000; of this 
large number and also of the number that the other bird-banders have 
succeeded in trapping there seems to be no returns on migratory points, 
yet Mr. S. Prentiss Baldwin has had repeated returns since 1916 up to 
1923 at his banding station at Thomasville, Georgia, and this little 
gr oup of birds that come to him every year occupy a certain portion of 
the shrubbery about the house and are seldom found in one of the other 
traps that are only a few hundred feet away. Mr. Baldwin has had re- 
turns from this little group continually during the past six years, yet 
he seems to be the only one successful with these birds. We hope we will 
be able to solve the mystery before long. 
—W. I. Lyon. 
An Early Bird Day 
SUCCESSFUL bird-day program was given by the children of 
Carbondale, Ill., March 8, 1923. It was given under the auspices 
of the civic department of the Carbondale Woman’s Club, which had 
offered prizes for the best bird-houses built by children. 
Great interest was shown by the children, who tried to make the 
houses practical, sanitary, and beautiful; still, the real thing they con- 
sidered was “‘will the bird for which I am building this house come to 
live in it?” 
Several days before the program was given, the bird-houses were put 
on exhibit in the show windows of a book store. It was interesting to 
hear the comments made by the children who crowded around the 
windows. 
Such remarks as these were heard, “Isn’t that a pretty house?” 
“Huh? No bird would come to that house; it’s too bright.” “There’s 
no way to get into that house to clean it.’ 
Although it was a rainy day, nearly twelve hundred children gath- 
ered to hear the program. It consisted of old-fashioned recitations, 
readings, and bird songs. ; 
