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48 Comparison of Adllt Mortality on Area Subjected to Predator Control 



AND ON Check Area — Connecticut Hill — 1931-1935 348 



49 Relationship of Density of Grouse Breeders to that of Chicks at Hatch- 



ing AND to that of ToTAL POPULATION IN FaLL ON CONTROLLED AND ChECK 



Areas during Predator Control Experiments on Connecticut Hill — 



1931-1935 349 



50 Average Number of Eggs in First Nests — Entire State — 1931-1941 361 



51 Greatest Variation in Average Annual Clutch Size (in eggs I 362 



52 Average Number of Eggs in Renests — Entire State — 1931-1941 364 



53 Infertility Rates in First Nests and Renests — Entire State — 1931-1941 365 



54 Embryo Mortality in First Nests and in Renests — Entire State — 1931-1941 366 



55 Reported Kill of Grouse and Average Seasonal Bag per Licensed Hunter 



Reporting in New York— 1923-1939 372 



56 Grouse Killed by Hunters on Hunting Check Areas — 1930-1931 373 



57 Analysis of Hunting Season Losses of Grouse in New York — 1930, 1931 and 



1936 376 



58 Crippling Loss on Population Control Experiment — Connecticut Hill 378 



59 Success Ratio in Grouse Hunting — Tompkins County and Public Hunting 



Ground Hunter-Check Areas 378 



60 Reported Take of Certain Predatory Fur Bearers in New York — 1926-1939 382 



61 Ruffed Grouse Data — Pharsalia Refuge and Chenango Public Hunting 



Ground Surveys — February 1935-1937 391 



62 The Number of Adult Grouse and of Grouse Chicks Collected kh; I'vtmo- 



LOGicAL Examination by Years AND Regions 403 



63 The Animal Parasites of the Ruffed Grouse and their Rkpoiitki) Distiuhi - 



tion 109 



64 Relative Occurrence of Parasites in Young and Adult Grouse in New York 



—1931-1941 410 



65 Average and Maximum Numbers of Parasites Encountered in Grouse in New 



York— 1931-1941 411 



66 Relative Occurrence of Pathological Conditions in Adult and Young 



Grouse in New York— 1931-1941 411 



67 Incidence of the Common Parasites of Grouse in New York by Ace Classes 



—1931-1941 112 



68 Penning and Productivity of Bobwhite (^uail Compared with Ruffed Grouse 



in Captivity 458 



69 Average Weights in Grams of Hand-Reared Grouse at the Research Center 



DURING Certain Periods 463 



70 Suggested Conditions for the Incubation of Grouse Eggs 478 



71 Indices of Production 498 



72 Summer Sex Ratios of Adult Grouse as Indicated by Population Estimates 



—Connecticut Hill Area— August 31, 1930-1942 514 



73 Summer Sex Ratios of Adult Grouse as Indicated by Population Estimates 



—Adirondack Area— August 31, 1932-1942 515 



