Table 6 .--Comparison of 1963 and 1964 woodcock singing-ground counts 
, east of the Appalachians 
Rt. 
County and 
Total 
no. locality 
NOVA SCOTIA 
Observer 
birds 
2 
Kings Co. 
Greenfield 
E. Tufts 
3 
3 
Kings Co. 
Melanson Mt. 
E. Tufts 
2 
5 
Annapolis Co. 
Beaconfield 
M. Bent 
— 
6 
Annapolis Co. 
Wilmot 
M. Bent 
— 
7 
Kings Co. 
Davison 
R. Tufts 
3 
8 
Annapolis Co. 
Douglas Ed. 
M. Bent 
— 
9 
Cumberland Co. 
Boars Back Ed. 
D. Lawson 
(South) 
11 
15 
Kings Co. 
Lake George Ed. 
D. Dodds 
5 
21 
Cumberland Co. 
Boars Back Ed. 
D. Lawson 
(North) 
5 
24 
Kings Co. 
Aldershot 
F. 'Payne 
9 
27 
Kings Co. 
New Ross Ed. 
F. Payne 
1 
29 
Cape Breton Co. 
Mira River 
H. Thurber 
8 
31 
Digby Co. 
Long Island 
H. Thurber 
— 
32 
Inverness Co. H. Thurber 
Lake Ainslie-Sky River 
4 
33 
Inverness Co. 
Lake 0 , Law 
H. Thurber 
3 
39 
Yictoria Co. 
Middle River 
S. MacLeod 
4 
4i 
Cape Breton Co. 
Blacketts Lake 
H. Thurber 
7 
42 
Kings Co. 
F. Payne 
2 
Billtown 
1963 
1964 
Total 
stops 
Mean 
birds 
per 
stop 
Total 
birds 
Total 
stops 
bird^ 
per 
stop * ** 
■■ ■ 
10 
• 30 
— 
— 
— 
9 
:22 
— 
-- 
— 
-- 
-- 
3 
11 
.27 
— 
-- 
1 
7 
.14 
10 
.30 
— 
— 
-- 
— 
— 
0 
11 
.00 
11 
1.00 
15 
11 
1.36 
9 
.56 
2 
7 
.29 
11 
.45 
12 
11 
1.09 
10 
.90 
5 
10 
.50 
10 
.10 
8 
11 
.73 
12 
.67 
4 
10 
.40 
— 
— 
5 
13 
.38 
7 
.57 
— 
— 
— 
10 
.30 
— 
-- 
— 
11 
.36 
-- 
— 
-- 
9 
.78 
— 
— 
— 
10 
.20 
_ _ 
* New route run in 1964 
** 1964 observer ; see last year*s report for 1963 observer 
