BIRD BANDING, THE TELI.TALE OF MIGRATORY FLIGHT 



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ESKIMOS DRIVING WII,D GEESE TO A BANDING CORRAE 



Tlie white-cheeked Cackling Geese are tlie smallest of North American Geese. The individuals 

 showing white heads are the little-known Emperor Geese. 



Photogra[il!s from U. S. Biological Survey 



EIDER DUCKS SUPPLY WARM CLOTHING FOR THE ESKIMOS THAT LIVE HERE 



The inhabitants of this semisubterranean village near Hooper Bay are among the most 

 primitive of the native Alaskans. During spring and summer migratory wild fowl are one of 

 their main sources of food supply, and the skins of Eider Ducks furnish material for much of 

 their clothing. A bird-banding expedition from the Biological Survey made its headquarters in 

 this vicinity in 1924 (see text, page 123). 



