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J*om this account it would seem that a number of mallards remain 
in ponds and channels kept opon by the inf low of spring water after more 
extensive bodies of water are closed by ice. Such birds pass north 
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suitable looalities as far as the Snake River in Utah. 
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Return netes^from other states are notable more for their wide 
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scattering than anything else. One tended bird secured near Bishop in 
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Owens Valley, Oalifornia {in the Great Basin) on October 16, may or may 
not indicate an early migration from the Salt Lake Valley, As the bird 
had been at freedom for two years there is no definite certainty that it 
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had ooms from Utah the year it was Jellied though this is highly probable, 
A second bird was taken about March 1 in southeastern lew Mexico, and a 
third on December 28, west of Houston, Ssxas. Part of the mallards from 
Salt Lake Valley therefore go west into Oalifornia and a part into the 
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drainage basins leading into the western part of the Gulf of Mexico* 
A synopsis of all of the return records for this speoles is given 
in the following paragraphs: 
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OTAH. (mouth of Bear River), landed September 16, 1914; recovered fall 
of 1914, (Shis bird and the one following were killed sometime after 
November 1 of the same year in which they wore narked,) Banded September 
25, 1914; recovered fall of 1914. Banded Sept amber 17, 1916; recovered 
November 28, 1916, Banded September 28, 1916; recovered Hawember 12, 1916. 
Banded September 28, 1916; recovered Hovember 12, 1916, Banded October 23, 
1916; recovered November 15, 1916, She tend of another tend killed during 
the late fall of 1915 was lost so that information as to the date of band¬ 
ing is not available. 
All birds were banded and released near the mouth of Bear River, Utah. 
