ST.ATE      : Missouri 
 
ORGANI.TION: University of Missouri 
PERSOMTEL  : Dr. William H. Elder, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

A. Projects which are Completed and Unpublished. 
1. A preliminary survey of the nesting waterfowl of Missouri. 
A graduate student made a brief study by means of a question- 
naire of the distribution of breeding ducks. Aside from wood 
ducks there seem to be very few nesting ducks; Blue-winged teal 
and mallards are very sparsely distributed as breeders while 
Lesser Scaup, Shoveller are probably accidentals resulting from 
cfipp.led females unable to make the migratory flight. 
B. Projects Being actively Pursued: 
1. A thorough survey of all areas in the state that might prove 
suitable for impoundments adapted to use by waterfowl. This is 
being carried on by Pittman-Robertson men in an attempt to supply 
the Conservation Commission with data for the selection of areas 
that can be developed as public shooting grounds and state refuges. 
C. Projects Planned for the Fall of 1946: 
1. A study of the movements of Canada Geese in the state to ascer- 
tain the local flight lanes and their relation to the movements of 
geese in adjacent states and the Mississippi and Central flyways, 
It is hoped that trapping, banding, and color-marking of birds 
attracted to farm ponds now having captive decoy birds will reveal 
the turnover in wintering population, the relation to the concen- 
trations at Swan Lake and Squaw Creek Federal refuges in the 
state and degree to which Missouri geese use the Horse Shoe Lake 
region and wintering grounds farther south.