ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
Many agencies and people cooperated in this study. The 
Mississippi Flyway States of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and 
Wisconsin provided the financial assistance that made the work 
possible. Mr. Arthur S. Hawkins, Mississippi Flyway Representative, 
was instrumental in getting the study started and assisted with it 
throughout. Mre Richard A. Hunt, of the Wisconsin Conservation 
Department, made the many arrangements necessary for the part of 
the work done in Wisconsin. Mre Laurence Ro Jahn, Wildlife 
Management Institute, and Chairman of the Research Committee of the 
Technical Section of the Mississippi Flyway Council, helped greatly 
in the early stages. The Wisconsin Department of Conservation made 
available the excellent facilities of the State Game Farm at Poynette, 
and provided much help in handling the wings. The Superintendent of 
the Game Farm, Mr. William A. Ozburn, extended every courtesy to us 
during the work. The personnel at the Game Farm performed the tedious 
work connected with receiving the wings and placing them in storage. 
The clerical staff at the Game Farm added state and county code 
numbers to the wing-collection data slips. 
The participation of many people from several agencies made it 
possible to process the large number of wings in two short sessions. 
The list below shows the persons and agencies who assisted in inter- 
preting the wings at Poynette. It is possible that names of some 
participants were inadvertently omitted because of the difficulties 
associated with irregular working hours. 
Wisconsin Conservation. Department: William Bayer Arlyn Linde 
Caroll Besadny Harold Mathiak 
John Gates Ron Melville 
James Hale John Millar 
Richard Hunt Fred Wagner 
George Knudsen Eugene Woehler 
Tennessee Game and Fish Commission: Cal Barstow 
Ohio Division of Wildlife: Delmar Handley 
University of Minnesota: David Olson 
University of Wisconsin: Alex Dzubin 
Lloyd Keith 
Iowa Department of Conservation: William Brabham 
James Sieh 
