TABLE C-3. —A comparison of mallard first hunting season recovery rates 
from pre-hunting-season bandings, 1959-631 (continued) 
Bander and location 
Adult 
J 
mrnatui 
•e 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
Mississippi Flyway: (cont'd) 
Ohio: 
Division of Wildlife: 
Several locations- 
4.5 
4.7 
9.8 
Atlantic Flyway: 
New York: 
Conservation Department: 
Howlands Island- 
6.1 
8.3 
11.5 
6.3 
10.6 
Oak Orchard- 
14.5 
7.7 
Perch Lake- 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2.8 
11.1 
13.8 
12.7 
7.8 
7.0 
Wilson Hill- 
— 
— 
— 
7.0 
5.7 
— 
— 
— 
16.2 
— 
Canada 
Alberta: 
All locations- 
„ 
5.9 
_ 
7.7 
5.8 
„ 
8. 0 
7.5 
9.0 
Saskatchewan: 
All locations -- 
— 
4.4 
— 
5.0 
3.4 
— 
— 
6.1 
6.1 
6.6 
Manitoba: 
All locations- 
— 
6.4 
— 
5.9 
3.8 
— 
— 
7.8 
8.6 
8.7 
Ontario: 
Guelph- 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
_ 
14.6 
17.3 
15.8 
1 No rates from bandings less than 100 birds were included. 
2 
Nineteen sixty-three bandings by National Bison Range permit. 
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