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most of the young were flying, we were fortunate in banding 106. We 
hope to make a good record with this colony in 1933. We banded a 
fledgling Piping Plover ten miles south of Escanaba, in Green Bay. ‘This 
is an interesting northern record. Our annual trip added 1,275 Herring 
Gulls to our list, making our total banded, 8,929. “Three hundred and 
thirty-nine Ring-billed Gulls were banded, bringing our total to 2,250. 
Seven hundred and thirty Common ‘Terns were added to the list, mak- 
ing our total 6,/92. In 1932 we received word that one of our Com- 
mon l’erns, banded in Green Bay, July 22, 1931, was killed at Mensabe, 
Panama» june 23,1932. 
We arrived at the Caspian Tern colony on Gravelly Gull Island at 
an opportune time and had the best results obtained during our nine 
annual trips, banding +24. Because of the low water the Caspian ‘Verns 
had started two smaller colonies on the lower ground, which in other 
years has been under water. The small colony of Caspians on the west 
side of Green Bay had increased, and we banded 36. 
A new type of trap succeeded in catching five Screech Owls this 
Fall. Four Saw-whet Owls in the traps this Fall pleased us very much, 
and brings out total up to 8 for the last eight years. 
Vhe chimney of the City Hall at Waukegan yielded 318 Chimney 
Swifts. A Phoebe, trapped in November, was an unusually late record. 
Hermit ‘Chrushes seemed more plentiful this year. One of the real thrills 
of the year was the Bohemian Waxwings, which arrived the last of Jan- 
uary, but could not be induced to enter a trap until the last of February. 
Finally we placed half-spoiled apples on branches, with the rotten side 
up, and as scon as they had eaten into the fresh part, they were easily 
baited into the traps with fresh apples. During the first week of April, 
131 were trapped. When they left, word was received that one was 
caught in Saskatchewan, 1,100 miles to the northwest, 22 days after being 
banded. “Twelve Cedar Waxwings were trapped with the Bohemians 
during April. 
Sixteen Cardinals were trapped in 1932, which is the largest num- 
ber in ten years. White-throated Sparrows were more plentiful in the 
Fall migration than for the past twelve years. Eleven hundred and thirty- 
seven were trapped, which passed the 10,000 mark without a single re- 
turn to the station. 
The total of birds banded since 1913 exceeds 51,000. 
Waukegan, III. 
