MIGRATION RECORDS FROM WILD DUCKS AND OTHER BIRDS. 7 



near their place of release (near the mouth of Bear Biver), 21 were 

 taken during the fall in which they were set free, after periods vary- 

 ing from a few days to more than a month. Two, however, sur- 

 vived for slightly more than a year, only to be taken in this same 

 region. Seven others were reported from Utah, 2 from the mouth 

 of the Weber Eiver, and 4 from the marshes along the Jordan Kiver 

 or the sloughs west of Salt Lake City. One, set at liberty on Utah 

 Lake, was killed in the same vicinity two days later. All 7 were 

 taken during the fall in which they were banded. 



It would appear that the majority, or at least many, of the green- 

 winged teals found in fall in the Salt Lake Valley pass in migration 

 to California, as 19 of the return records came from that State. 

 Several were secured in the southern Sacramento Valley and others 

 farther south in the marshes of the San Joaquin Eiver in Merced and 

 Fresno Counties. None were found north of Sacramento, but to 

 the south records come from as far down as Semitropic and Wasco, 

 in Kern County, in the interior; and from Orange County, south of 

 Los Angeles, on the coast. A coastal record of interest is that from 

 YTatsonville, Santa Cruz County, south of San Francisco Bay. 

 Several birds were secured in the famous ducking grounds in the 

 vicinity of Los Baiios. One of these individuals was taken as early as 

 November IT. and all others during the months of December and 

 January. 



Elsewhere, one bird was recorded from near Miami, in south- 

 central Arizona, in December, and one near Sanford, in southern 

 Colorado, in March. Two of the ducks under discussion enjoyed 

 their liberty for 24 and 27 months, respectively, before they were 

 killed. Others were retaken during the winter following their release. 



To summarize the data presented, it would appear that the 

 majority of the green- winged teals leave Utah to winter in Cali- 

 fornia, a few are found in Arizona, and a few returning north in 

 spring pass through Colorado, at least along the upper courses of 

 the Rio Grande. 



CINNAMON TEAL. 



Five return records were received from 45 banded individuals of 

 the cinnamon teal, a small number, but one that includes notes of 

 considerable interest. One released October 3, 1916, was taken in the 

 same vicinity three days later. Another, banded September 2, 1916, 

 was more fortunate, as it was not captured until October 1, 1917, 

 more than a year later, when it was shot 3 miles north of the Duck- 

 ville Gun Club, in the same marshes/in which it had been set free : 

 its travels during that year may be only conjectured. One banded 

 September 1, 1916, was taken November 4, 1916, near the mouth of 

 the Weber Biver, and another, marked September 4, 1916, was secured 

 subsequently at the Budy Duck Club in the marshes at the mouth 

 of the Jordan Biver, on October 8, 1916. The fifth record is that 

 of a bird released September 16, 1914, and recovered January 20, 

 1915, at Mainer Lake, Brazoria County, Tex., a short distance west of 

 Galveston. 



