﻿MIGRATION RECORDS FROM WILD DUCKS AND OTIIKU BIRDS. 5 



A second bird was taken about March 1 in southeastern New Mexico, 

 and a third on December 28, west of Houston, Tex. Part of the 

 mallards from Salt Lake Valley, therefore, go west into California 

 and part into the drainage basins leading into the western part of 

 the Gulf of Mexico. 



Table 1. — Record of returns for banded mallards. 



Date released. 1 



Date recovered. 



Place recovered. 



State. 



Locality. 



Sept. 16, 1914 



Sept. 25, 1914. . 



Fall, 19142 



do 



Utah 





do 



Do. 



Sept. 17, 1916 



Sept. 28, 1916 



Do 



Nov. 28, 1916 



do 



Do. 



Nov. 12, 1916 



do 



Do. 



do 



do 



Do. 



Oct 23 1916 



Nov. 15, 1916 



do 



Do. 



Sept. 16, 1914 



Sept. 23, 1914 



Sept. 25, 1914 



Sept. 5, 1915 



Sept. 14, 1915 



Aug. 27, 1916 



Sept. 7, 1916 



Sept. 28, 1916 



Sept. 29, 1916 



Sept. 23, 1914 



Sept. 24, 1914 



June 17, 1915 



Dec. 28, 1914 



...do 



On Logan River, Cache Valley, near Logan. 



Oct. 9, 1914 



do 



Nov. 29, 1914 



do 





Nov. 7, 1915 



do 





Nov. 26, 1915 



...do 



5 miles southwest of Logan. 



Dec. 31, 1916 



do 



Oct. 9, 1916 



do 





Dec. 13, 1916 



do 





Nov. 10, 1916 . . 



do 



West Lakes near Salt Lake City. 



Pebble, Bannock County. 



On Snake River, Fremont County. 



Jan. 14, 1915 



Nov. 15, 1914 





do 



Jan. 19,1917 



do 



Sept. 24, 1914 



Sept. 25, 1914 



Sept. 23, 1914 



Oct. 16, 1916 



Mar. 1, 1915 •> 



Dec. 28, 1915 





9 miles south of Bishop. 

 Newman Ranch, near Newman, 35 miles 

 northeast of El Paso, Tex. 



New Mexico 







1 All banded and released at the mouth of Bear River, Utah. 



2 This bird and the one following were killed some time after November 1, of the year in which marked. 



3 The band of one other mallard killed here late in the fall of 1915 was lost, so that information as to date 

 of banding is not available. 



4 Approximate date. 



GADWALL. 



Only 17 gadwalls were banded during the course of this work, 

 but of these, returns came from 4 individuals (see Table 2). As all 

 were killed in the immediate vicinity of the mouth of Bear River 

 during the year in which they were released (except possibly in 

 one instance) , they offer nothing in regard to possible lines of migra- 

 tion of the species. Only one of the records is worthy of comment — 

 an individual that was given its freedom August 27, 1916, and was 

 killed below Willard, Utah, about October 12, 1916. Others lived 

 at liberty only a comparatively short time. 



Table 2. — Record of returns for banded gadicalls. 





Date recovered. 



Place recovered. 



Date released. 1 



State. 



Locality. 



Sept. 11, 1915 



Do 



Oct. 1,1915 



Oct. 1-8, 1915 



Utah 



Mouth of Bear River. 2 



do 



Do. 



Au CT 27 1916 



Oct. 12, 1916 3 .. 



. do 



Below Willard. 











1 All banded and released at the mouth of Bear River, Utah. 



2 The band taken from one gadwall killed in the fall of 1915 waslost before the number was recorded, 

 bird may have been released during 1915 or may have been one of three marked the previous year. 



3 Approximate date. 



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