Table 2.--Changes in woodcock recorded on singing-ground routes, 1963 and 1964. 
EASTERN REGION 
State or Province 
Percentage of 
uncultivated 
land area 
Number of 
comparable 
routes 
Average number 
of birds 
per route 
1963 1964 
Percentage 
change 
from 1963 
Connecticut 
0.78 
13 
3.7 
3.7 
0 
Delaware 
0.23 
1 
2.0 
6.0 
Maine 
5.42 
36 
9.5 
10.7 
+13 
Maryland 
1.22 
1 
3.0 
3.0 
Massachusetts 
1-31 
7 
8.0 
8.3 
__ _ 
New Brunswick 
4.87 
6 
11.7 
9.0 
— - 
New Hampshire 
1.57 
12 
5.6 
5.6 
0 
New Jersey 
1.09 
3 
4.3 
4.7 
_ 
New York 
6.66 
29 
7.0 
6.8 
- 3 
North Carolina 
7.11 
7 
0.7 
1.3 
Nova Scotia 
3.72 
6 
6.2 
7 >5 
* _ 
Pennsylvania 
6.29 
24 
7.2 
9.0 
+25 
Prince Edward Island 
0.27 
4 
6.2 
7.0 
_ 
Vermont 
1.42 
4 
7.8 
11.8 
-- 
Regional Total and 
Weighted Average* 
41.96 
153 
6.49 
6.96 
+ 7 
WESTERN REGION 
Illinois 
3.60 
3 
4.7 
2.0 
_ _ 
Indiana 
2.74 
3 
9.7 
11.7 
-- 
Iowa 
0.39 
9 
2.8 
1.8 
Kentucky 
4.39 
9 
1.6 
0.4 
-- 
Michigan 
7.50 
63 
11.7 
12.0 
+ 3 
Minnesota 
4.23 
11 
7.1 
7.3 
+ 3 
Ohio 
3.92 
5 
9.6 
13.0 
-- 
Ontario 
20.79 
7 
5.0 
7.1 
-- 
West Virginia 
3.96 
9 
4.6 
4.6 
-- 
Wisconsin 
6.51 
14 
5.5 
5.0 
- 9 
Regional Total and 
Weighted Average 
58.03 
133 
6.29 
7.10 
+13 
Continental Total 
and Weighted Average 
99.99 
286 
6.37 
7.04 
+11 
* Weighted averages are based on proportion of "total" land area in each 
State and Province times average number of birds per route. 
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