2. An intermediate group from or enroute through southwestern 
Quebec, northern Vermont, and eastern New York fly largely in a north- 
to-south direction along the Champlain-Hudson Valleys, thence through 
New Jersey, eastern Maryland, and eastern Virginia to Pamlico Sound. 
These birds mix with the northeastern group primarily along the outer 
coastal bays from Long Island and New Jersey south. A segment of this 
troup, apparently a minor portion, contributes to the Mississippi Flyway. 
3. Recoveries from birds banded at points in southeastern 
Ontario and western New York present a complex pattern showing birds 
going into the Mississippi Flyway, the South Atlantic, and the Middle 
Atlantic States. 
From southeastern Ontario an east-bound flight crosses west- 
evn and central New York and central and eastern Pennsylvania, thence 
through the Middle Atlantic States to the Carolinas and Florida. In 
the Middle Atlantic Region the Chesapeake Bay marshes are of major im- 
portance to the northwestern birds while the outer shores of New Jersey, 
Delaware and Maryland are of lesser importance. Apparently most of the 
black ducks taken on the west shore of the Bay in Maryland and Virginia 
come out of the northwest. 
Ontario blacks bound for the South Atlantic region apparently 
travel inland as well as along the coast. Blacks in the South Atlantic 
States from South Carolina southward are made up largely of birds from 
or passing through Ontario, New York and Western Pennsylvania and west 
through the Great Lakes Region. 
Western Bandings 
Ohio 
At various times in Ohio during the past 10 or 12 years, five 
stations have been in operation, spotted across the state from Erie to 
Celina. Only Ashland, located in the north-central part of the state, 
has enough records to give a reasonably fair distribution. However, 
the heavy take in the vicinity of the banding station accounts for a 
major share of the recoveries. Most of the banding was done during the 
hunting season, and of the 63 direct recoveries 65 percent were taken 
locally and 78 percent within Ohio itself. 
The mapped recoveries from all Ohio stations show a spread 
of records throughout most of Ontario and the states east of the Miss- 
issippi to New York. Bandings in northeastern Ohio show important 
affinities for the southeastern Atlantic States as well as the Mississ- 
ippi Valley States. The western Ohio station (Celina) indicates little 
contribution to the Atlantic Flyway. However, as will be demonstrated 
later, black ducks migrating to the southeastern coastal states from 
out of the northwest probably travel through most of Ohio. 
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