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Wildlife Leaflet ?J^ 





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July 19^5 



STATUS 07 MI5RAT0RY GAI^E BIRDS; iqUU..U5 ' 



Prepared in the Section of Distribution and Migration 

 -of Birds, Division of Wildlife Research 



Contents 



Introduction ,'.,.,,,. 



Part 1; Migratory waterfowl 



Spring migration . . < , 



Breeding-ground surveys. 



Canada •«..«•*• 



Alaska 



ITewfoundland . » , . . 



United States .... 

 Fall migration.,,, . , . 

 Wintering-ground survey. 



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Migratory waterfo^^/l — Con 



January inventory . , 

 Other migratory- game 



Part 1: 



Part 2: 



"birds . , » . . 

 Woodcock . . . 

 VTilson's ?nipe 

 Hails and coots 

 Mourning Dove 

 White-winged Dove 

 3and-tailedPigeon 



Summary of l^k^ operations 



I" age 



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INTRODUCTION 



Management of wildlife rather than alternating decline and restoration, must 

 now he the guiding concept to assure the reasonable recreational use, of these. re- 

 sources. The recovery of the populations of most species of our migratory gs^me 

 birds has been termed "the miracle of conservation,." but events of the next few 

 years v/ill show whether the administrators and sportsmen are able to- perpetTiate 

 this "miracle, " The army of hunters is sure to increase vrith a resultant increase 

 in the pffsssijar'^ that will be exerted against all wirdlife. The ability of Nature 

 ■to meet the demand will depend in no small part upon the wisdom and reason that is 

 ■exhibited by all those who regulate for and participate in sports afield, 



■ 'This leaflet is prepared to acaua,int sportsmen, conservationists and vrildlife 

 ■administrators with a brief resume of the status of the different groups of 

 migratory game birds. It is based chiefly upon investigations of the Fish and 



