9.3:1, respectively, (table 11). The low age ratio of bluewings in 
Texas (table 9) and the extremely unbalanced adult sex ratio suggest 
that an early migration of adult males had arrived from the north and 
that other age and sex groups were less available. Largely because 
of the ratio in the Texas sample, the flyway weighted adult sex ratio 
favored males (1.32:1). 
Much less variability was noted in the Mississippi Flyway where 
the weighted sex ratio was 1.11 males per female. Only three States 
recorded adult sex ratios that favored females. Louisiana, which 
selected a late season (September 18-26), recorded an adult sex ratio 
of 2.5 males per female in contrast to the much more unbalanced ratio 
found in Texas (9.3:1) which selected an earlier season (September 
4-12). This suggests that most of the early migration of adult males 
had passed Louisiana before their season opened. 
Sex Ratios of Adult Green-winged Teal . Samples of adult green¬ 
winged teal wings were meagre in all States (table 11). Except for 
Minnesota, States tended to show ratios distorted in favor of males. 
Extremely high proportions of males were suggested in both Louisiana 
and Texas. All 14 wings from adults received from Louisiana were males, 
while 20 of 21 adults taken in Texas were males suggesting an early 
migration of adult males to these areas. 
Incidence of Soft Primaries in Blue-winged Teal . During the course 
of wing evaluation, many wings of blue-winged teal were noted to have 
soft primaries and some represented birds that were obviously incapable 
of flight when hunted. The largest number of such birds came from the 
northern portions of both the Central and Mississippi Flyways (table 
12). Teal wings with soft primaries were two to three times more common 
in the Central than in the Mississippi Flyway for all age and sex groups 
This probably reflects earlier hunting seasons and perhaps the higher 
proportion of teal nesting in the northern part of the Central Flyway. 
In both flyways, adult males showed the lowest incidence of soft 
primaries among age and sex groups. The highest percentages were noted 
in the Northern States but a few birds with soft primaries were taken 
in Southern States. Adult females are known to molt later than adult 
males because they are caring for broods while many of the males are 
molting. Thus, the differences between adult males and females were 
expected. 
Soft primaries occurred approximately equally on the wings of both 
sexes of immatures (males: 18.2 percent in the Central Flyway and 7.6 
percent in the Mississippi; females: 21.5 percent and 6.8 percent, 
respectively). Nowhere did the rate approach that for adult females, 
although it was higher than that for adult males. Most of the immatures 
with soft primaries were shot in the Northern Prairie States, although 
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