

■irrr^ rr rn»=- jr.: 



?b:cc' "D? Dei-ra- Wilcia Besetr~L C^^-Jsr} 



Mi: . : ^4 from a viKt-tr roc^j. — 



Bandini: inis at the Xt«th Aubom rooe? 



~ - iiEJi Unit in an enort to 



.-..:;. ...^ - >L " i2n;eriitg bird*^ Botha 



d'-ilight trs iecoT tr^p were used, and 



-■i. Reroriis trra tbese and 



y :- -— r- — oicaied that these blackbirds 



.7^ ' . a micn -nri-a-y oTOQp. ^Dce very few 



. - rerani~ c-tiir:* f: .1 areas during the 



-r-r-. i--ng - c c - f^ ; j.ands to date iodi- 



jies lii" - . this rocs breed nc^th 



as far as Oncaiic zz Michigan to soathera 



Xlaioe. 



Ez:- :zl d-fftj^ rraja ti^id <m tZxi- 



binJi. — ^The e^ectrrenss of bJackbiid decoy trape 

 was tested by the Pani^air Cenrer ia larse-srajc 

 5eld trials in Arkan=a.s. r^Iawaie. and \F-'^'gan. 

 in 1^54. On a iS-sqxare-miLc area in Arkizsts. 

 larse i 3> by -r"!* fooE • *M ^rrAli i iO by Iv fccc ' 

 decoy tra|» were o|»rared in p'siirs at i5 sres- 

 Early •raiohes were pres*ii::Ably ressiem birds, and 

 late catches were chieSy inunigranis. Daca frrci 

 these catches also ^wwed that sapaioriry of ce'- 

 rain siies for trap iccati<ocs cc-old n-x ct pr^divi^ed. 

 and that the distan-ire of traps frcsn rice cs- w.:»>is 

 5ee~^ to hare no eirect oc th-e matches made. 



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