CONTENTS 
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WINTER SURVEY . 1 
BREEDING GROUND SURVEYS . 2 
Alaska . 2 
Northern Alberta, Northeastern British Columbia, Northwest 
Territories, and Yukon . 5 
Southern Alberta . 6 
Washington . .. 8 
Oregon .. 8 
California . 9 
Neva da. 9 
Utah.10 
Idaho.11 
Southern Saskatchewan . 11 
Montana.13 
Tri-State Area (North and South Dakota and Minnesota) . . 14 
Nebraska. 14 
Wyoming :.15 
Colorado.15 
Northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, and western 
Ontario.16 
Southern Manitoba . 16 
Minnesota.17 
Michigan.18 
Wisconsin.18 
Indiana.19 
Iowa.19 
Missouri.19 
Southwestern Manitoba . 20 
Alberta.20 
Saskatchewan . 20 
Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador . 20 
BANDING AND RECOVERY DATA.21 
Recovery rates from 1963 pre-hunting-season bandings of 
mallards and black ducks . 21 
Preseason banding and recovery rates for blue-winged teal, 
1962 and 1963 . 25 
HARVEST DATA.26 
Comparison of hunters' reports and spy-blind observations 26 
Waterfowl kill survey.28 
Age ratios of some important species of ducks ...... 32 
Results of goose tail collection survey, 1962 and 1963 . . 35 
APPENDIX.37 
A. Waterfowl winter survey tables . 37 
B. Waterfowl breeding ground survey tables . 51 
C. Waterfowl banding and recovery tables . 95 
D. Waterfowl harvest data tables . 109 
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