According to the Knight Ridder News Service, the inscription on the
metal bands used by the US Department of the Interior to tag migratory
birds has been changed.  The bands used to bear the address of the
Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated as "Wash. Biol. Surv.";
until the agency received the following letter from an Arkansas camper:

     Dear Sirs:
     While camping last week I shot one of your birds.  I think it
     was a crow. I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and
     I want to tell you it was horrible.

The bands are now marked "Fish & Wildlife Service."

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