
The objective of most of the banding effort of the past 3 years 
has been primarily the banding of Mallard "locals" and secondarily, 
the banding of "locals" of other species. Table 3 itemizes the bande 
ing of "locals" by Province, year, and species. As desired, Mallards 
have been banded in the largest mmbers, followed by Pintail and Blue» 
winged Teal, 
Summaries of recoveries 
The objective of this report is to analyze appropriate banding 
data to ascertain what proportion of the waterfowl produced in each. 
stratum (fig. 1) was harvested by hunting in each of the flyway 
management areas, as well as both north and south of the United 
States. To accomplish this, only birds clessed as "locals" were 
considered to be representative of the various strata. Also, only 
the direct, first fall and winter recoveries were considered to be 
pertinent to the problem, 
The procedure was to consider the total number of pertinent 
recoveries of birds banded in each of the strata as representing 
100 percent and determine the percentage recovered in each of 6 areas: 
The l, flyway areas within the continental United States (fig. 1), all 
areas north of the United States (Alaska and Canada), and all areas 
south of the United States (Bermuda, West Indies, Mexico, Central 
amd South America, and the islands in the Pacific). 
Table } includes all direct recoveries which have accumulated 
from all bandings in the areas listed up through the summer of 1955, 
Where there were very few data for a species for a stratum, that 
stratum has been omitted from the table. Ina few cases, all the 
data for a Province as a whole have been lumped together. 
Table 5 shows the number of wild "locals" banded and the direct, 
first-season recoveries reported from these bandings, and the percentage 
that these reported recoveries are of the number banded. It will be 
noted that the first-year report rate for direct recoveries of local 
Mallards, Gadwalls, and Baldpate is only 9 to 10 percent; for Green~- 
winged Teal, Shoveler, and Pintail, 5 to 6 percent; for Blue-winged 
Teal, about 2.5 percent; for Canvasback, 22 to 28 percent; and for 
Redhead, 17 or 18 percent. 
Recovery data for all birds other than "locals" banded in the 
Prairie Provinces are not summarized in this report. 
In grids 1, 2, ard 3 it will be mted that a large number of 
"locals" have been banded in the degree block whose coordirates at 
the southeast corner are 51° North and 109° West. In addition to 
recoveries from bandings in 195h and 1955, 28 and 53 recoveries of 
