TABLE C-4. —A comparison of mallard relative recovery rates from pre-hunting- 
_season bandings of adult and immature birds, 1959-63 1 
Bander and location 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
Pacific Flyway: 
Oregon: 
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge- 
1.2 
1.4 
0.9 
1.9 
0.8 
2.2 
11.1 
2.5 
California: 
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
2.4 
1.8 
2.2 
2.7 
0.9 
Idaho: 
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge- 
1.0 
0.9 
Montana 2 : 
Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge-‘_ 
1.3 
0.8 
1.3 
Nevada: 
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
_ 
1.2 
1.9 
0.7 
Central Flyway: 
Montana: 
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge- 
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge -- 
1.2 
0.6 
1.1 
— 
1.0 
3.6 
0.8 
1.4 
North Dakota: 
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge- 
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge- 
— 
1.4 
1.7 
1.2 
1.0 
2.0 
South Dakota: 
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
_ 
0.8 
0.9 
2.7 
1.1 
Colorado: 
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge- 
_ 
_ 
1.2 
Mississippi Flyway: 
Minnesota: 
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge- 
Roseau River — — — — — —___ 
1.3 
2.2 
1.7 
2.7 
1.6 
Wisconsin: 
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge- 
Crex Meadows- 
— 
— 
2.4 
1.9 
1. 6 
2.0 
2.2 
Michigan: 
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge- 
_ 
_ 
1.0 
1.5 
1.0 
Atlantic Flyway: 
New York: 
Howlands Island- 
Perch Lake- 
1.9 
1.4 
1.6 
2.0 
1.1 
1.4 
1.3 
1.7 
2.5 
Canada: 
Alberta: 
Minifitrik Tflke_—_—_—_ — 
1.2 
1 O 
1.2 
1.9 
2.3 
Saskatchewan Provincial tnfal_ 
Manitoba Provincial total- 
— 
— 
— 
1. & 
1.4 
Relative recovery rate -.immature recovery rate 
adult recovery rate 
2 
Nineteen sixty three bandings on National Bison Range permit. 
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