TABLE C- 6. —Recovery rates of male and female mallards from 1963 
pre- hunting- season bandings 
[ Recoveries in Canada excluded] 
Adult 
Immati 
ore 
Recovery rate 
Males 
Recovery rate 
Males 
State and location 
(percent) 
per 
(percent) 
per 
Male 
Female 
Female 
Male 
Female 
Female 
Pacific Flyway: 
Washington: 
McNary National Wildlife Refuge- 
10.66 
7.66 
1.4 
Oregon: 
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge- 
9.64 
4.96 
1.9 
Sauvie Island- 
California: 
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
28.25 
6.06 
23.37 
4.40 
1.2 
1.4 
Idaho: 
Camas National Wildlife Refuge- 
6.48 
3.92 
1.6 
_ 
___ 
_ 
Montana: 
National Bison Range- 
— 
_ 
__ 
7.87 
6.37 
1.2 
Nevada: 
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
5.88 
6.81 
0.9 
6.33 
2.99 
2.1 
Central Flyway: 
Montana: 
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge- 
4.52 
0.72 
6.3 
3.61 
0.71 
5.1 
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge - 
6.31 
2.20 
2.9 
North Dakota: 
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge - - 
6.22 
3.20 
1.9 
6.62 
3.25 
2.0 
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge - - 
4.30 
1.46 
2.9 
— 
— 
South Dakota: 
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge- 
5.91 
2.82 
2.1 
6.81 
1.45 
4.7 
Colorado: 
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge- 
3.90 
7.74 
0.5 
7.87 
7.48 
1.0 
Mississippi Flyway: 
Minnesota: 
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge- 
5.42 
6.06 
0.9 
8.79 
11.09 
0.8 
Roseau River- 
6.56 
8.48 
0.8 
12.56 
9.00 
1.4 
Wisconsin: 
Horiccm National Wildlife Refuge- 
7.88 
6.30 
1.2 
15.27 
13.24 
1.2 
Michigan: 
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge-- 
— 
— 
— 
6.63 
5.39 
1.2 
Atlantic Flyway: 
New York: 
Howlands Island- 
10.59 
10.05 
1.0 
Oak Orchard- 
— 
— 
— 
8.21 
5.34 
1.5 
Perch Lake- 
— 
— 
— 
6.23 
4.80 
1.3 
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