MIGRATION RECORDS FROM WILD DUCKS AND OTHER 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 handed mallards. 



Date released. 1 Date recovered 



Place recovered. 



State. 



Localitv 



Sept. 16 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept. 28 

 Do. 

 Oct. 23, 

 Sept. 16 

 Sept. 23 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 5, 

 Sept. 14 

 Aug. 27, 

 Sept. 7, 

 Sept. 28 

 Sept. 29 

 Sept. 23 

 Sept. 24 

 June 17, 

 Sept. 24 

 Sept. 25 ; 



,1914. 

 , 1914. 

 ,1916. 

 ,1916. 



1916.. 



1914. 



1914. 



1914. 

 1915.. 



1915. 



1916. 

 1916.. 

 , 1916. 



1916. 



1914. 



1914. 

 1915.. 



1914. 



1914. 



Fall, 1914 2 . . . 



do 



Nov. 28, 1916. 

 Nov. 12, 1916. 



do 



Nov. 15, 1916. 

 Dec. 28, 1914. 

 Oct. 9, 1914... 

 Nov. 29, 1914. 

 Nov. 7, 1915.. 

 Nov. 26, 1915. 

 Dec. 31, 1916. 

 Oct. 9, 1916... 

 Dec. 13, 1916. 

 Nov. 10, 1916. 

 Jan. 14, 1915.. 

 Nov. 15, 1914. 

 Jan. 19, 1917.. 

 Oct. 16,1916.. 

 Mar. 1, 1915*. 



Utah 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do , 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do , 



Sept. 23, 1914. Dec. 28, 191 



Idaho 



....do 



....do 



California. .. 

 New Mexico . 



Texas 



Mouth of Bear River. 3 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 On Logan River, Cache Vallev, near Logan. 

 2 miles east of Tremonton. 

 At Utah Lake, 3 miles southwest of Provo. 



2 miles south of Thatcher. 

 5 miles southwest of Logan. 



On Sevier River, 7 miles north of Delta. 



3 miles southwest of Tremonton. 

 On Bear River, near Collinston. 

 West Lakes near Salt Lake City. 

 Pebble, Bannock County. 



On Snake River, Fremont County. 



Near Stone. 



9 miles south of Bishop. 



Newman Ranch, near Newman, 35 miles 



northeast of El Paso, Tex. 

 25 miles west of Houston. 



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 handed gadwalls. 



Date released. 1 



Date recovered. 



Place recovered. 



State. 



Locality. 



Sept. 11, 1915 



Do 



Oct. 1,1915 



Oct. 1-8, 1915 



Oct. 12, 1916 3 



Utah 



Mouth of Bear River. 2 



do 



do 



Do. 



Aug. 27, 1916 



Below Willard. 



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



2 The band taken from one gad wall killed in the fail of 1915 was lost before the number was recorded. This 

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



3 Approximate date. 



