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fh® Bw Elver taarahes at the north end of Groat Bolt Lasse* Utah* 
hl ijhly attmotiTO to t/ild diioiii ®i4 otli® mp& MiotJii as 
cm® of fa© greet centers where such birds eafaia? fa the west# ©» migratory 
movements of large muabors of bird® that visit this region are neooesarily 
of Interest cad is$portanoe* la the period, from 1914 to 1916 tbo writer* 
while engaged in the study of a siotaess among dacha due to m alteli poison¬ 
ing* prevalent in the Salt Latte aan^he®, had opportoiaity to band and release 
a considerable mr$>or of ducks md other birds* a fair proportion of which 
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©ports mad© m the author* s investigations of the ducfic eicflmass la 
Utah are contained fa bulletins of the U* 3* Bepartmeut of Lprleeltor* as 
follow* lo* 217* Mortality among Waterfowl around Great Salt Lotte* Utah 
|Proltsdm 2 *y Soport)* 10 p*» 3 pie** 1913s «ad fe* 672* 0» Buese Sickness 
Utah, 25 p** 4 pls*» 1916, Other reports based in port on Investigations 
made ere eaata|aa& fa Bslletfa lo* 999* Lead. Poisoning fa bbterfowl* 
2 pis** 1919s awl Ho, 93o, Wild Booses ami Bu#c foods of the .Bear Elver 
Utah, 20 p., 4 pis.* 1921* 
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WTB, - Shis bulletin fan report os a study of' the migratory wvocionts 
of mtorf os! mid other birds* based cm banding operations carried on in Utah 
from 1914 to 1916* it is for fa©' information of sportsmen* ornithologists, 
and others fat greeted in bird migration. and the protection of game birds* 
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dealt with fa© so-called dusts i&oto#®, sad have detailed aofaodo by which a 
considerable number of the birds affected woro cured* Before such fadividuf! 
wo sot at liberty a mraberod 
of alimdsum ms placed on one leg, and 
record made of' fa® xasfaar* fa®' species of bird, and the date of release* la 
addition to wild Goal© a mafaor of young of other marsh birds wore marked fa 
a similar manner before they were able to fly* She release of faoao beaded 
birds was given publicity, and reports on bands recovered have been received 
from widely scattered sections in fa® United States and even from Canada and 
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