101600 
Forces, and Civil Air Patrol, however, the uncovered districts were oe to 
the an nimun. The Atlantic Blyway biolo: cist covered extensive sections of th 
south 4Stlantic coastal region in personally niloted rented planes. 
Ns He result of the Januery 19). inventory the continental population of 
ack, geese, and coots was estimated at slightly in excess of 125, Hees OOO) aaeNS 
has always ue true, first anc. second places in abundance were held by the mal- 
cand and the pintail, respectively. The total population of the mallard is prob- 
adly between thirty-five and ferty millions and that of the pintail in excess of 
twenty millions. Estimates of the goose populations did not show any important: 
changes from the figures of the 1943 inventory, but » heavy increase was recorded 
for the coot, of which there ig now a continental population nearly equal to that 
of the pintail. 
PART 2; OTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS 
Woodcock 
A summary of the information contained in numerous pee on the woodcock 
from practically all parts of its range reveals its status as berely Sue 
After several years of shortened hunting seasons, this is cones disappointin Br 
Percentage analysis of the spring-migration reports indicated little change 
in the status of this bird since the preceding spring (table 1). 
TABLE 1,.—-Percentage analyses of the spring-mizration reports 
on the status of the woodcock for the years 1942 and 1913 
—SS OE ee eee eee eee eee eC SS 
| No change 
The Atlantic Flyway biologist made his seventh consecutive investigation of 
this bird in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, studying 6 woodcock singing grounds 
in New Brunswick, “ on Prince Edward Island, and 2 in ova Scotia. Censuses taken 
on these areas generally showed a slight decrease from 1942 with a large decrease 
in the Moncton, N. B., area, which in former years was tne area of greatest con— 
centration. The Dominion Chief Migratory Bird Officer for Ontario and Quebec, 
now Superintendent, Wildlife Protecti ion, National Parks. Bureau, who surveyed areas 
in Ontario, reported the population "substantially the same as in 19:2," 
