Qm of those, a bird captured m the mil plains of the Sail 
Forte of me Slvar 1 b cuumona* had a history of wmual 
Interest* In Septamer* 1914, a pintail helpless with the dnete 
stoteioss ms noted on the flats of Sooth Say, as the writer mo 
grossing la a wad-boat » a ftot^bottonod Isaneh with aa mtambilv 
m agtoe as notice power to drive itesl-ti&h&ed paddle wheels on either 
side, designed to vrn ever smooth slay ml barely eevurel with mtar# 
A motion to tot ffllP'fWlf ms sufficient to ol tmg& mo soars# slight¬ 
ly, so that dashing past to a spray of cud and water, a veritable 
charging Jngam*M*» it ms possible to loan oat* solas the toefc* and 
tow It in* 4 peculiar orosoont of white f tether# stool mis individual 
« 
tefe to® others so that it was easily roo©pM*®d* Qa Sspteaijor S3 
after a mm or too to captivity the bird, now f.airly tutao, was banded 
and released* For a south It lingered about the ton peas,- returning 
night and aornlag to bo fed, thou^x too mooting mm was on, -About 
February 1, 
of me 
, this bird was aaptared alive .to tfiOabosa and on J&troh 6 
year mm still alive and to captivity* 
west eastern report of my of me tended totes was that of 
a pintail mot m January £$ »w Asbary* to western Missouri, presumbly 
another migrant la northward flight* fwo record® for southern. Bssteatchtean, 
one to April and too other of uneortala date writ the northern limit from 
which birds L&ve been reported* 
