From the 1948 banding 24 bands hevye -tsen recovered, a return of about £ 
pareent., ALL were from the Facific flyway with the exception of 9 white-fronted 
goose shot in Alberta. The 14 pintall rsturna were distributed 9 from California, 
3 from Washington, and @ from Mexico. Three baldpate returns wera from California. 
Ong eresn-winged teal was shot in Californis and ons in British Columbia, Ons 
mallard was taken in Washingto:: and one ir Gregon., The ons shoyelsr return was 
from California. One Canada goose was shot in Alaska and ons in California, Of 
ths white-fronts, ons was tuken in Albsrta end one in Mexice. A whits-frontsd 
pooss and a Lasser Canada gooss banded in 1948 by Scott wers recaptured at the 
Same locetion in 1949. 
Native villages in Alaska offer a good possibility for sscuring band 
returns, For example, Seott secured 13 bands, some fairly old, from Alaska 
Native Service teachers, Through the cooperation of the ANS, all teachers hare 
now bssn circularizsed in an effort to step up the band returns through thsss 
channels, 
Handing methods in Alaska hares been adapted te conditions in the territory. 
No sites suitabls to large-scale trapping have been found, hence it has proved 
neesssary to run down each bird indivicuslly during the flightlossa period. 
Drives into a net fof waterfowl by natives) hava been tried but with no ersat 
fuctess ta dats, 
Summary 
During 1949 waterfowl surveys were carried on in four localities in Alaska. 
Transects showed 4 population density of 7.5 waterfowl per squars mile on ths 
Aretie coast, 10,7 in the Inncko-lower Yukon aree, 16.4 on the Yukon-Kuskekwim 
delta and 34.2 in the dreinages tributary to Kotzebue Seund. 
A lete spring is believed to have cut down on waterforl production this 
year. Among other factors affecting production, eer collecting - but not 
waterfowl hunting ~ by natives appears to be important. Ths most serious singls 
predator on young ducks and g2ss¢ is the glaucous full, whils the fox mey be the 
most serious ope-predator, 
Waterfowl bended totalled 2,630, the majority of which were pintail ducke, 
cackling geese, and black brant. A four percent band return was secured from 
the 1946 work with practically all of the birds shot in the Pecifie flyway. 
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