A warm sunny April was followed by cool wet weather in May, and although 

 little rain of any consequence fell in June, temperatures during the both 

 months were below normal. This, we believe, resulted in an abnormally 

 high loss of initial nesting attempts and resulted in an increase in 

 rene sting. 



Table 2 shows that 6^- of 353 birds hatched after J\ily 26, giving a 

 renesting figure of 18 percent. This compares to an eight year average of 

 8.5 percent. It was evident during the open season that an unusually large 

 percentage of very young birds was present; by far the greatest number we 

 have seen. In 1959 > because of a very early hatch we estimated that all birds 

 which hatched after July 12 were the result of two or more nestings. This 

 produced a renesting figure of 17 percent, which we now consider unrealistic, 

 especially when we consider the average size of 1959 September coveys 

 (15.5 birds). If the usual date of July 26 is used to separate initial 

 nestings from renestings, then renesting constituted only 6.^ percent of 

 the 1959 sample. This latter figure was used in obtaining the eight year 

 renesting average of 8.5 percent. - -, 



Table 2 Hatching Dates of Hungarian Partridge ^ 



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1958 - 1959 - I960 ' 



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