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  Ohio 
  and 
  Mississippi 
  Valleys. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  in 
  succeed- 
  

   ing 
  breeding 
  seasons 
  north 
  and 
  west 
  to 
  central 
  Alberta. 
  

  

  Black 
  duck. 
  — 
  Among 
  migratory 
  waterfowl 
  the 
  black 
  duck 
  {Arias 
  

   ruhripes) 
  is 
  next 
  in 
  numerical 
  order 
  of 
  banding 
  returns. 
  While 
  

   this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  banded 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  at 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  Valley 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  northeast 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

   the 
  data 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  birds 
  banded 
  in 
  southwestern 
  Ontario, 
  

   where 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  a 
  highly 
  productive 
  station 
  has 
  been 
  oper- 
  

   ated. 
  Altogether 
  more 
  than 
  1,000 
  returns 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  for 
  

   this 
  species. 
  

  

  From 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  fall 
  flight 
  from 
  southern 
  Ontario 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  southwest, 
  the 
  ducks 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  

   From 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  flight 
  continues 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River, 
  

   and 
  extending 
  in 
  that 
  general 
  direction 
  brings 
  the 
  migrating 
  birds 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  another 
  route, 
  seemingly 
  less 
  

   important, 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  returns 
  each 
  season 
  is 
  proportionately 
  

   smaller. 
  This 
  extends 
  southeast 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  which 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  is 
  reached 
  about 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  Delaware 
  Bay 
  and 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  Bay. 
  Between 
  the 
  banding 
  station 
  and 
  the 
  coast 
  there 
  are 
  

   but 
  few 
  returns 
  along 
  this 
  route, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  range 
  of 
  mountains 
  must 
  

   necessarily 
  be 
  crossed 
  the 
  birds 
  probably 
  travel 
  at 
  a 
  relatively 
  high 
  

   altitude 
  and 
  without 
  intermediate 
  stops. 
  

  

  The 
  summer 
  records 
  from 
  these 
  birds 
  are 
  mostly 
  from 
  points 
  in 
  

   Quebec 
  and 
  Ontario 
  north 
  to 
  James 
  Bay. 
  Only 
  occasionally 
  does 
  

   the 
  species 
  extend 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  westward, 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  banded 
  

   black 
  ducks 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Alberta. 
  (Cf. 
  Lincoln, 
  

   1922.) 
  

  

  The 
  scattered 
  returns 
  from 
  bird.s 
  banded 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  

   supplement 
  those 
  from 
  Ontario, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  points 
  northeast 
  to 
  

   Michigan, 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  Hudson 
  Bay. 
  One 
  only 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  

   has 
  been 
  recovered 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  

  

  Blue-winged 
  teal. 
  — 
  The 
  blue-winged 
  teal 
  [Querquedula 
  discors) 
  

   has 
  been 
  banded 
  in 
  fairly 
  large 
  numbers 
  and 
  the 
  returns 
  received 
  . 
  

   indicate 
  that 
  interesting 
  results 
  will 
  be 
  obtained. 
  Thi.s 
  little 
  duck 
  is 
  

   the 
  last 
  to 
  arrive 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  go 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  

   the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  individuals 
  regularly 
  passing 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  their 
  winter 
  range 
  extending 
  well 
  into 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  banded 
  teals 
  were 
  marked 
  in 
  Ontario, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  

   Louisiana, 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  Missouri. 
  The 
  record,s 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  

   Carolina 
  birds 
  help 
  to 
  confirm 
  belief 
  in 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  route 
  

   across 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  to 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley, 
  several 
  

   having 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  crossing. 
  From 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  

   the 
  records 
  extend 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  central 
  Canada. 
  

  

  