American Fork Citizen | 1916-10-14 | Page 2 | Watch for Bands on Wild Ducks

WATCH FOR BANDS ONJjLD DUCKS Washington. I). C, Oct. 11 If jou' kill or capturo it wild duck henrlng mi aluminum band mound one leg, having a number on one side, and on tho other a statement requesting that tho V. S. Department of Agriculture, or the Hlologlcnl Survey, be notified, you me requested lo send this band at onto to tho llurenu of Hlologlcnl Survey. V. S. Depaitment of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Washington, 1). C. This baud If lueouipnnlod by u statement us to date, place, and circumstances under which the gird was tnken, will bo or Sbriro to tho Survey In its efforts to determine tho longevity of Individual ducks and the mutes of migration of the species. The bawls mo being attached to considerable numbers of wild duck of soveral species which bine been cured of the dnek sick. ness prevalent around Croat Salt ! Lake, Utah, ft ml thcro released. Tho Department Is particularly anxious I to secure reports front lltcso birds to determine, their completo recovery from this malady which has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in Ctnli.