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far southern records. Over 80 percent of the recoveries from spring 
banding at Detroit come from within 50 miles of the banding station. 
This is a considerably higher percentage of local recovery than that 
recorded for spring bandings on New England coastal areas. 
A series of 115 recoveries from winter bandings in the 
Detroit area present somewhat the same or a more restricted pattern 
as the fall bandings. Here only 12 percent were taken south of Mich- 
igan including about 3 percent from the South Atlantic states. 
Wisconsin 
Bandings in Wisconsin have been quite limited. The northern- 
most of importance is the Green Bay area near Suamico with 165 recover- 
ies, Campbellsport and the Horicon Refuge about 70 miles to the south 
with 141 records, and Necedah Refuge about 85 miles westward with only 
16 recoveries. Since the records are somewhat limited for any one 
station they have been combined. Actually there is not much difference 
in the overall distribution. The largest variable, and the one that 
influences all the records, is the percentage taken locally. At all 
the stations the first-season direct recoveries from around the banding 
station total 65 to 71 pereent. With the indirects there is a wider 
range, from 10 percent at Suamico in the north to 30 percent at Horicon 
in the south. 
The pattern of direct recoveries is confined almost wholly 
within States bordering the Mississippi River. Much the same is true 
of the indirect recoveries, except that the Atlantic Flyway States and 
Alabama are involved to a limited degree. Records from the more north- 
erly station at Green Bay exhibit a little more of a tendency for 
deeper southern penetration, particularly with the first-season directs. 
A breakdown of regional divisions for all indirect and direct 
recoveries banded prior to the shooting season is as follows: 
Percent of Recoveries 
Area of Recove Direct (8 Indirect (102 
Local 67 21 
Other Wisconsin _ 4 18 
Ontario - 5% 
Michigan 2 7 
Northwest 2 2 
Western 1 2 
Mississippi 20 41 
South Atlantic - 1 
Middle Atlantic - Ltt 
*Includes Quebec 
+#Inecludes New York 
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