WILD DUCKS OF THE BEAR EIVEE VLAESHES. UTAH. 6 
areas, called respectively North Bay and South Bay. that open into 
the arm of the lake proper, known as Bear River Bay. Three main 
channels and one smaller one flow into Xorth Bay and three over- 
flows or branches supply South Bay. The space encompassed by 
these is wet and swampy. A large area known as Hansens Island, 
lying between the lower portions of the two bays, is cut by an old 
channel, formerly connected with the river but now separate, except 
where a canal (made by the Bear River Club in the fall of 19M) 
gives access to it. A series of lakes and sloughs, formerly parts 
of the river channel, lie parallel to Bear River from Corinne well 
down across the flats. Below these a large artificial lake, known as 
Chesapeake Bay, has been formed by damming Woods Creek. On 
the south side of the river below Brigham City is an extensive series 
of sloughs that drain into the Willard Spur, an arm of Bear 
River Bay. These are all included in the region covered by the 
following report. At the present time a large part of the water in 
Bear River is diverted during the summer season into irrigation 
canals, so that much of the water in the lower course of the stream 
comes from seepage and waste from the terminal ditches. Xorth 
Bay receives water from the Malad River through a series of channels 
controlled by the Bear River Club, and in addition is augmented 
somewhat by drainage from the small streams known as Salt Creek 
and Blue Creek. 
The entire area under consideration offers great inducements for 
waterfowl in the form of abundant food and attractive bodies of 
water. The banks of Bear River immediately below Corinne are cul- 
tivated, but along the lower course of the river, except in a few locali- 
ties, the soil is little suited for farming, and there are few persons 
resident on it throughout the year. Xear Corinne tree growths of 
box elder and Cottonwood are found, but along the river below that 
point the main wooded growth is composed of black and gray wil- 
lows (Salix amygdaJoides and Salix exigua). These form a narrow 
band bordering either bank and extend down to the marshes. On 
either side are broad, level flats where alkaline conditions are too 
severe for much plant growth. These are bordered by extensive 
meadows of salt grass and are fringed with scattered plants of the 
curious fleshy-stemmed salt weed known as samphire. 
DISCUSSION OF WATERFOWL. 
BREEDING SPECIES AND THEIR ABUNDANCE. 
Eleven species of ducks and the Canada goose are now known to 
nest on the Bear River marshes. Eight of the ducks .are of common 
occurrence. Arranged in order of their abundance as breeding birds 
these are the redhead, cinnamon teal, mallard, shoveler or spoonbill. 
