Table 1. —Direct recoveries of mallards banded in breeding population 
*census strata 
_Recoveries by flyway (percent)_ 
Region of banding Number So. of the 
(survey stratum) recovered Atlantic Miss. Central Pacific Alaska Canada_U. S. Total 
(03) Alaska 35 
(13) Alberta 
10 
(26) Alberta 
510 
(27) Alberta 
442 
(28) Alberta 
31 
(16) Saskatchewan 
24 
(19) Saskatchewan 
1679 
(20) Saskatchewan 
596 
(21) Saskatchewan 
503 
(22) Saskatchewan 
474 
(23) Saskatchewan 
91 
(17) Manitoba 
14 
(24) Manitoba 
259 
2.8 
31.4 
10.0 
10.0 
7.8 
11.2 
26.5 
16.1 
13.3 
11.5 
6.4 
19.4 
29.0 
37.5 
12.5 
0.8 
32.9 
23.8 
4.5 
0.7 
36.4 
18.3 
0.3 
0.8 
33.8 
15.3 
2.0 
1.9 
44.1 
13.3 
0.2 
25.3 
31.9 
8.8 
35.7 
1.9 
29.7 
11.6 
42.8 
99.8 
80.0 
100.0 
54.5 
100.0 
59.0 
99.9 
45.2 
100.0 
50.0 
100.0 
37.8 
0.2 
100.0 
44.3 
100.0 
48.1 
100.0 
40.5 
100.0 
34.1 
100.1 
64.3 
100.0 
56.8 
100.0 
