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Chicago, Ill. tid 7 September 1942 
THE STATUS M TORY GAME BIRDS: 1941- 
Prepared in the Section of Distribution and Migration of Birds 
Division of Wildlife Research 
Contents 
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Introduction. ..ccccecccccoeeees 1] 3 Part 1: Migratory waterfowl—Con. 
Part 1: Migratory waterfowl.... 2: Wintering-ground survey...... 5 
Spring Miprataon.icccecccelss \2 3 January inventory. ..ccccsccee 5 
Breeding-ground surveys..e. 2 : Part 2: Other migratory game 
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Central and Mississippi $ WOORCOCK s,<\cicicieicisiciscictcieicisheieicieienG 
BLY WAYS ic) sicleleielelelelelcielele 3 ° Wilson's SUP sicie crete lciolersieversie iO 
AtlantacuPlyways cise ee 3s Raslsiand COS <.ie.s\e cielcreroveenG 
Nesting conditions in : Mourmndine kdOve!.< sis/de clelcleicleicielee 16 
the United States.... 4 ; White-winged dove.....sscseee & 
Fal Wem pratdion's sc cic oleevere sieve) eels Band-tailed Pigeon.....sscoce 9 
INTRODUCTION 
A quotation inscribed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the 
Arlington National Cemetery, "When we assumed the soldier we did not 
lay aside the citizen," suggests that one of the privileges for which 
the citizen-soldiers of America are now fighting is that of enjoying 
our wildlife. To safeguard the future of this great natural resource 
and at the same time to permit its full utilization is a task of the 
first magnitude, but experience has demonstrated that it can be done. 
In 1934-35, the period commonly known as "the bottom of the duck de- 
' pression," it was estimated that the continental stock of game ducks 
and geese had shrunk to about 27,000,000. Through adherence over a 
period of 7 years to a program of restoration and regulation the more 
than trebling of this number has been accomplished and this without deny- 
ing reasonable hunting to the sportsmen. Management of other migratory 
game species - the woodcock, snipe, rails, and doves — presents other 
