T. Code 1958 Anas acuta 18 July - primaries were growing out yet, but scapulars were coming in and tail feathers were c. 30 mm long. Also in the evening Chester saw a hen in a ditch near the power plant with 10 small downies. 20 July Throat - while taking up traps on T4 I saw a duck apparently floating dead on the water of a meadow ditch, I walked up to it and was just reaching down to pick it up, when the duck suddenly raised its head up out of the water, spreaded and flew away. It was a hen. Apparently she had had her head under the water dabbling as I approached, and did not see me coming. September Meade River - Coalmine. Three adults seen flying over lake ca 1 mi SW of village. Others were heard caching in adjacent lakes. September Meade River Coalmine - three were seen on a mud flat along the river above the village with 5 old squaws.