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Number and Location of Returns - 1954 
First Yr. No, 
No. Returns/ Second Pacific Central Miss. Atlantic Central 
Species Banded 100 Banded Returns Canada Flyway Flyway Flyway Flyway American 

Mallard 38 28.9 0 4 0 2 4 1 0 
Pintail 14 7.1 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 
B-w. Teal 10 0,0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Baldpate 9 11.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 
Canvas, 4 50.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 
G-w. Teal 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Shoveler' 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
- Total 79 19.0 0 5 0 2 6 2 0 
Percent 0 0 0 33.3 0 13.3 40.0 13.3 0 
Significant facts from the above data are: 
(1} Large number of returns (31 percent} from the immediate 
vicinity of the banding station. 
(2} Wide distribution of returns which range from Saskatchewan to 
California and Texas and from Ontario to Florida and Central America. 
(3) Rather high rate of return in 1954 which was a year of extremely 
late nesting. 
Due to improved conditions in 1955, 471 ducks and 22 coot were banded 
as follows: 
Ducks Banded - June, July and August - 1955 (Redvers Study Area), 
AM JIM AF JF L? Total 
Mallard 1 92 4 99 - 196 
Gadwall 0 2 1 0 0 3 
Baldpate 0 14 0 17 0 3] 
Pintail ] 26 0 25 0 52 
G-w. Teal l 2 0 6 0 9 
B-w. Teal 0 44 0 62 1 107 
Shoveler 0 15 0 13 0 28 
Canvasback 0 15 0 16 Ie 32 
Scaup 0 2 0 2 ] 5 
Redhead 0 2 0 2 0 4 
Ringneck 0 4 0 0 0 4 
Total 3 218 5 242 3 471 
Coot a2 
All but 50 of the above birds were retrieved or pinned down by the 
black Labrador dog, Dinah. In other words, the dog was responsible for catching 
90 percent of the banded birds. 
