Shoveller or Spoonbi XI ( Spatula clmaia }. 
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She percentage of returns oa banded spooabi 11s wm slightly higher 
than in the oast of the oianaaon teal aa from a total of 48 birds released 
nine were subsequently repot*ted. Six of these were hilled in the Bear Elver 
marshes^ several in South 3ay, one oa 'the Salt Creels mar shea and one on the 
Chesapeake feyjfroa a Urn days to several iveoks after they had been banded. 
One was- captured at the mouth of the Weber liver ash another at the mouth 
of the Jordan nee*. Salt Lai® City, a® remaining bird ms taisen near Vallejo, 
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California nearly fourteen Maths after it had been given its freedom, from 
this slight evidence it appears that sot® spoonbills migrate from Utah to pass 
the winter in California. 
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UTAH , (mouth of Bear Elvert®, Banded September 29, 1914* recovered October 
All birds banded and released at the mouth of Bear River, Utah. 
17, 1914. Banded September 1, 
s recovered October 12, 1916* Banded 
September 25, 1915; recovered October 7, 1915. Banded September 28, 1916; 
recovered October 1, 1916. fended September 28, 1916; recovered October 
8, 1916. fended September 28, 1916; recovered October 7, 1916. 
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UTAH v (other recordsk? Banded September 28, 1916; recovered near the mouth 
Of the Weber River, October 21, 1916. Banded September 29, 1916; recover¬ 
ed near the mouth of the Jordan River, about October 20, 1916. 
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CALIFORNIA. fended September 1, 1916; recovered near Vallejo, October 28, 
1917. 
