Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-18 | Page 7 | Wild Duck Carries Tag

WILD DUCK CARRIES TAG. Salt Lake, Nov 18 After carrying a messaKe of the United States migratory mi-gratory bird bureau probably all tho way from the Dakotas, a big canvas back duck was brought to earth In the marshes west of Salt Lake yesterday yes-terday morning by Charles Addison, 565 East Fourth South. The message mes-sage was In the form of an aluminum tag attached to one of the duck's legs with a piece of wire bearing instructions instruc-tions to return the tag to the migratory migra-tory bird bureau at Washington Addison gave the bird but passing attention until he observed the metal tag. Fellow sportsmen explained that in order to ascertain the exact, direction taken by birds flying south from the border of Canada, ducks have been captured and marked by federal experts studying the habits of migratory birds