. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 18 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN Robin, No. 42780. 1917, July 21. Banded in a nest in our yard. 1919, June. Killed by a cat. Some children saw the band and took the bird away from the cat and brought it to school. This was less than half mile from the bird's birthplace. Robin, No. 42790. 1918, May 17. Banded in a nest in next yard. 1920, April 6. Trapped and released within 200 feet of its birthplace. Robin, No. 42065. 1920, April 22. Adult male, trapped and released. , 1920, Dec. 13. Shot at Kossuth, Mississippi, 550 miles from trapping ground. Redwing Blac
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 18 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN Robin, No. 42780. 1917, July 21. Banded in a nest in our yard. 1919, June. Killed by a cat. Some children saw the band and took the bird away from the cat and brought it to school. This was less than half mile from the bird's birthplace. Robin, No. 42790. 1918, May 17. Banded in a nest in next yard. 1920, April 6. Trapped and released within 200 feet of its birthplace. Robin, No. 42065. 1920, April 22. Adult male, trapped and released. , 1920, Dec. 13. Shot at Kossuth, Mississippi, 550 miles from trapping ground. Redwing Blackbird, No. 20626. 1917, June 16. Fledgling just learning to fly, caught and banded. 1918, Jan. 21. Shot at Centerville, Alabama, 700 miles from birthplace. Bronzed Grackle, No. 42695. 1920, March 31. Adult male, trapped and banded. 1920, May 24. Found dead about three blocks away. Slate-colored Junco, No. 29120. 1920, April 1. Adult male, trapped and banded. Repeated. 1921, Feb. 7. Trapped and released. Repeated. Trapping is not as dif- ficult as it sounds. One can be successful with so simple a trap as a sieve trap. Nail together four boards, one inch thick and four inches wide so as to make a box three feet square and four inches deep. Tack some screen wire on the top. Prop- it up with a stick about a foot high under one side. Attach a string to the stick and run it into your window. Put feed on the ground un- derneath your box and you have a feeding station. When you pull the string you have a trap. The or- dinary trap for English Sparrows is more often used. This is described in detail in Farmer's Bulletin 493, The English Sparrow as a Pest, and can be ob- tained from the Department of Agriculture. We have experimented with several traps of our own devising and with considerable success. The accompanying illustration shows our most successful trap, which is an improvement over the ordinary sparrow trap in the shape of the funnels. The entrance opening being only two thirds
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