ABSTRACT 
This report presents the recovery distributions of 10 species 
of game ducks banded as flightless young on the breeding grounds. 
Conclusions are based on 20,152 direct or first year band recoveries, 
9,272 of which are of mallards. Tlie recovery distributions of these 
ducks by State and Flyway, or country, of recovery from breeding 
ground aerial survey strata or State of banding are presented. In 
addition, mallard recoveries from bandings grouped by geographical 
region are presented to show distribution variations attributable to 
region, year of banding, sex, first year versus later years of recovery, 
weather, etc. Recovery rates of mallards banded as flightless young 
and the affects of various factors on recovery rates are discussed. 
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