Apparently coastal North Carolina is not allied to a signif- 
icant degree with the Mississippi Flyway. Only three records (4 percent) 
come from that region, including Kentucky, Michigan, and Manitoba. In- 
cidentally, two recoveries in the eastern portion come from the far 
North at Ungava Bay. 
South Carolina 
The last important southern banding stations of the Atlantic 
Flyway are in South Carolina. About 80 percent of the recoveries come 
from bandings at Brookgreen Garden near the coast and the rest from 
inland areas, near Oakley and the Santee Refuge. One hundred and twenty 
indirect recoveries are available of which 23, or 19 percent, were taken 
locally. 
A glance at the mapped recoveries (fig. 17) shows a strong 
westward distribution from the Carolinas and the Middle Atlantic area 
northwest through the Great Lakes region. 
When we separate the northern records into the three divisional 
categories we find: 
Northeastern - 7 percent (Long Island, 1 percent) 
Central - 3 percent 
Northwestern - 38 pereent 
The northwestern category might be broken down into the 
Ontario-New York-Pennsylvania group which accounts for 23 percent of 
the records and the far western states and provinces of Manitoba, 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio which account for 15 percent. 
This demonstrates that populations wintering in eastern South Carolina 
are primarily concerned with the country to the north and northwest -- 
from New York and Ontario to Minnesota and Manitoba. Apparently the 
influence of the northeastern flights is strong as far south as Pamlico 
Sound but declines rapidly below that point. This seems to be true also 
for flights coming out of the central area which includes southwestern 
Quebec, Vermont, and eastern New York. 
General Summary - Atlantic Flyway 
The important bandings within the Atlantic Flyway and in 
Canada from Ontario to Newfoundland have been considered. The broad 
patterns of migration appear to be as follows: 
1. Black dueks coming out of Labrador, eastern Quebec, 
Newfoundland, the Maritime Provinees, and eastern New England follow 
the coastal route southward, making important contributions to coastal 
populations from Nova Scotia to the vicinity of Pamlico Sound, North 
Carolina. 
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