Wmm %hm® data we learn that after lowing Utah part of the 
pintails go to California to wither in th© Interior rallsyi* while 
Other# areas to the Great Plains wl go earthward to the Self coast 
iu 2«»a* She spring r, Agnation Merit# fee latter indls&dnol® north- 
was'i throogh the Plains again# sasteiMAi as far aa 'isostea Jlisoaari, 
aal north at least Into southern Ornate* %r ins record© to th® atssaaft 
Valley drainage ©eased after 191©* as in mo foliating year spring *&®ot~ 
Ing. ia tlio United states w» prohibited by federal lot# and no further 
return saws ffsou dosses Silled at this ooasoa* 
It laay ho noted that only a sroll part of the pintails fossa! 
in iKirly fall ia the Salt hfiis© Valley s®at there*, as ths apss&ss Is 
ocily aswraon as a breeder in Wat rofflos* from 
#egto»a* par fcly $f the north li# awlro early* area la toe* 
and 9’juUm& to ^thor In suitable areas until fall* 
»*■ i.t nr. ti. r nitttnjr~^~ 
* >,#►*****# US* MM*© '*#' Wf'W’ 
raoords famish soon Idea as to the «w*a®s length 
of life off a pintail after it ranches maturity* Of bird© hwiai m 
* . i 
flcratoBfjar* M 14 , at® was tdfcea In April and on® in SOT©mb«*r* 1916 * one 
la January# 1917, sad on® In Pooaaber* 1917# Uf tnoet tmtte ^ pori 
August to October, 1916, one was shot In Useemoer# 1917, w in aaanuury 
and on® la l«o?sdbar, 1913 * while one we fortunate onoagb to osoape 
until the lost of Hoy amor, 19 £ 0 * a period- of slightly more then four 
years. 
