(1) GULLION 250 Fulica americana 275 Band No.: 40-600861 Reference: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE LAUREL, MARYLAND March 30, 1950 Mr. Gordon W. Gullion Museum of Vertebrate Zoology University of California Berkeley 4, California Reference is made to your letter of 3-24-50 regarding a bird wearing a band with the above number and which you report was: Found dead - cause unknown at present - autopsy to follow. on: About March 20, 1950 at: Lake Merritt, Oakland, California and: Our information on the banding of this bird is as follows: species: Coot age: sex: banded at: Lake Merritt, Oakland, California date: November 16, 1939 by: E. W. Ehmann On behalf of this Service and the bander may we thank you for your cooperation in contributing this information to our studies and investigations of the migrations and life histories of the birds of North America. Very truly yours, [signature] SETH H. LOW, Biologist, Section of Distribution and Migration of Birds, Branch of Wildlife Research. cc: Ottawa, Canada Was band submitted and number verified? Yes Band was filed: Yes returned to reporter: This report prepared by: gmd SEE REVERSE SIDE 3-624 Dec. 1949 16-60731-1 GPO