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school districts where prairie chickens might be found were supplied with question¬ 
naire cards for distribution to students from rural homes. 
Prairie chicken flocks were reported by 166 of the 2,080 students participating. 
There were 169 flock reports representing a population of 1,982 prairie chickens, 
Table 4. Some flocks were reported two or three times s however, we know of at 
least four flocks which were not reported. Fifty-two reports contained inadequate 
information on flock locations. 
Probably 95 percent of the prairie chicken flocks were located in an area 
circumscribed by a line extending from Marshall to Ramsey to Greenville to Du Quoin 
to Fairfield to Marshall. Four major concentrations of prairie chickens were noted. 
One was in an area contained by a circle with a radius of 9 miles and with a center 
in Martinsville, Clark County. Another was on a rectangular area extending 10 miles 
south and 5 miles west of Newton, Jasper County. The third concentration was on an 
area contained in a circle with a radius of 15 miles and with a center in Cisne, 
Wayne County. The fourth concentration was on a rectangular area in Marion and 
Fayette counties, which extends 25 miles north and 15 miles east of Alma. 
Table 4. Prairie chicken populations in southern Illinois according to es¬ 
timates entered on questionnaire cards completed during November, 1962, by voca¬ 
tional agriculture students from high schools in the southern third of Illinois.* 
County 
Number of 
Flock 
Reportst 
Average 
E stimated 
Flock Size 
Total 
E stimated 
Population* ** 
Bond 
5 
9.5 
47 
Clark 
18 
12.3 
222 
Clay 
11 
15.8 
174 
Clinton 
6 
7.6 
46 
Coles 
1 
1.0 
1 
Cumberland 
7 
7.1 
50 
Effingham 
7 
6.6 
46 
Fayette 
14 
10.7 
149 
Hamilton 
1 
2.0 
2 
Jasper 
6 
25.8 
155 
Jeffer son 
1 
7.0 
7 
Mar ion 
15 
15.6 
234 
Montgomery 
1 
? 
? 
Perry 
7 
8.3 
58 
Richland 
1 
20 oO 
20 
Wa shington 
8 
7.1 
57 
Wayne 
18 
15.0 
270 
Total 
127 
12.2 
1,538 
* Fifty-two flock reports involving an estimated 444 prairie chickens whose lo¬ 
cations could not readily be determined from questionnaires are not included, 
f Some flocks probably were reported by more than one student $ however, at least 
four flocks were not reported. 
** Flock size was not given on six reports. The estimated flock size in these 
cases was considered equal to the average estimated flock size for the county 
in which the flock was located. 
