Bui. 217, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate II. 



Fig. 1.— Two Mallards, One Helpless, the Other Dead. 

 Photograph taken at mouth of Bear River, Utah. 



Fig. 2.— A Sick Mallard. 



The head has fallen on the back ; otherwise the bird would have drowned, 

 recovered when given fresh water. 



