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Banding 
Four banding crews worked in Minnesota during July banding flightters 
young ducks. Most banding was done in the northern half of the State. The following 
tabulation is of waterfowl banded in 1955: 


Local Local Adult Adult 
Male Female Male Female Adult ? Local ? Total 
B-w. Teal 295 307 2 25 - Z 631 
Mallard 89 93 1 7 - - 190 
Ringneck 83 96 2 7 - - 188 
Redhead 26 34 - 5 - - 65 
Canvasback 22 l2 - 2 - - 36 
Baldpate 13 8 - 7 = ™ 21 
Pintail 1] 8 - - - - 19 
Goldeneye 5 3 - - - - 8 
Shoveler 3 z - - - - 5 
Ruddy 2 L - - - - 3 
Gadwall 2 - - - - - 2 
Black Ducks - - 1 - - - i 
Lesser Scaup - - - 1 - - 1 
Total Ducks 551 564 6 47 - 2 1,170 
Coots - - - - | 9 | 10 
Pied-billed 
Grebe - - - - - 3 3 
a a — — — — ee 
Total Birds 
Banded 551 564 6 47 ] 14 1, 183 
