ee ie eect deportent, Zin ading of tt 
conducted in southern Texas ty the Cer 
: northward extension of the brecadin 1g range. 
tion of habitat in the lower Rie Grande valley,.t 
_ to the welfare of the species, Information is now be 
to work out a sound management policy for the Desai oa 
knowledge remain to te filled. 4 
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is 
peers report fy rom ce Denver regional off: 
increasing in Colorado. During the year a 
made ohesrvations in mountainous perts of the: 
fully the earlier account. Present information 
several thousands of these pigeons. 
Summsry of 194 Operations © 
To bring this report as nearly up to date as shee it may be rec 
the usual See was made in 1944 of the spriz ng migration, and the biolos 
the Atlentic™ and Mississippi Flywavs are at this writing ( Sentexber 194k) 
operations in Canada; the biolozis® of the Central Flyway has ey ae r 
in southern Texas; and the) biologist of the Pacific Slyway has made. 
vestigations in the waterfowl breeding grounis of the reat = Basin 2 a the aC 
coast. : eh ; wit. 
In gereral, their reports are favorable, and it is beli ieved that. the 
flight of ducks ant geese will be the lareest in a generation. There ar 
afew disturbing features. From Canadian sources come accounts of disastz ous 
fires in the Northwest Territories that may have caused losses. Also in 
Plains region, many excellent breeding grounits were spa arsely inhabited, 
coots are cversbundant, Reports: from the breeding grounds indicate furt 
creeses in mourning doves, but the status of the woodcock seems little ch 
A further slight numerical gain for Wilson's snipe has been recorded. — 
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