Vol. 4, No. 8 
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Table 1.— Average distances traveled from the estimated centers of activity 
by raccoons captured four or more times within 12-month periods on the Allerton 
Park study area, Piatt County, Illinois, March, 1957 through June, 1961. Dis¬ 
tances are in feet. 
Average Distance 
Traveled From 
Statistical 
Sample 
Estimated Center 
Significance 
Size 
of Activity (feet) 
of Difference* 
Killed by hunters 
Not killed by hunters 
8 
14 
1,989.2** 
812.7 
Significant 
Males 
Females 
10 
12 
1,296.3 
1,194.2 
Not Significant 
AduIt s 
Juveniles 
6 
16 
1,638.2 
1,091.6 
Not Significant 
All Raccoons 
22 
1,240.6 
Student’s t-test, .05 confidence level. 
^-“Includes all movements recorded for each animal. 
6. Via ter fowl Inventory F. C. Bellrose 
Project inactive during August. 
7. VJi Id life-Insecticide Relationships R. W. Lutz 
Pheasant brood counts were conducted on the Donovan, Beaverville, and Iro¬ 
quois areas during July and August. The Donovan and Iroquois areas were treated 
with 2 pounds per acre of aldrin during the spring of 1960 and 1961, respective¬ 
ly; the Beaverville area was not treated. 
Thus far, 45 pheasant broods have been observed along 628 miles of roadside 
transect on the Donovan area in 1961| 25 broods were observed on a 789-mile 
transect on this area in 1960 following treatment. Fifty-seven broods have been 
observed along a 628-mile transect on the Beaverville area in 1961 as compared 
to 35 broods on a 758-mile transect in 1960. Nineteen broods have been re¬ 
corded along 758 miles of roadside transect on the Iroquois area following treat¬ 
ment in 1961| observations were not made on this area in 1960. 
The number of pheasant broods observed per mile on the Donovan area in 1961 
is 126.2 per cent greater than in 1960, and the number of broods observed on 
the Beaverville area is about 96.6 per cent greater than in 1960. 
Eighty per cent of the hens observed on the Eeavervi]le area, and 81.4 per 
cent of the hens seen on the Donovan area this year were accompanied by broods; 
