Table 3. Geographic distribution (% ) of indirect recoveries 
of mourning doves banded in Missouri, 1968-75, and re- 
covered through 1976.4 


Adults 
Recovery 
location Males Females Total Immatures 
Missouri 
Eastern 39.0 34.8 38.1 32.3 
Central 22.0 26.1 22.9 26.9 
Western 20.7 13.0 19.0 10.8 
Total 81,7 73.9 80.0 70.0 
Alabama = ~ a 1.5 
Arkansas — 4,3 1,0 1.5 
California = = — 0.8 
El Salvador — 4,3 1.0 — 
Florida = = — 0.8 
Georgia = _ - 2.3 
Illinois 2.4 = 1.9 5.4 
Kansas 1.2 — 1.0 0.8 
Kentucky — -- 0.8 
Louisiana _ 4.3 1.0 2.3 
Mexico are 4.3 3.8 2.3 
Mississippi - — — 1.5 
North Carolina = — — 0.8 
Oklahoma 12 4,3 1.9 — 
Texas 9.8 4,3 8.6 9,2 

4For breakdown of indirect recoveries by Missouri region of band- 
ing, see Appendix Table B-1; for detailed locations of recoveries 
occurring outside Missouri, see Appendix Fig. A-4. 
and 77% of western Missouri adult recoveries were in Mis- 
souri, Central and eastern Missouri had the highest per- 
centage of direct recoveries of immature doves in Missouri 
(76% each), whereas western Missouri had 49% of imma- 
ture direct recoveries occurring in Missouri. 
Indirect recoveries of adult and immature mourning 
doves banded in Missouri are presented in Table 3. The dis- 
tribution pattern of indirect recoveries was generally similar 
to that of direct recoveries. The highest proportion of in- 
direct recoveries occurred in Missouri, and as with direct 
recoveries, Texas accounted for the highest number of out- 
of-state recoveries, However, a smaller proportion of indi- 
rect than direct recoveries was made in the Eastern Man- 
agement Unit. 
Chronology of the Harvest of 
Missouri-banded Doves 
Only recoveries with complete information were included 
in this analysis; thus, numbers of recoveries are not always 
identical with those used previously in the text. The chro- 
nology of the harvest of direct recoveries of mourning doves 
banded in Missouri is presented in Tables 4-6. Most of the 
harvest of mourning doves banded in Missouri occurred dur- 
ing September. About 84% of direct recoveries of adult 
doves and 80% of direct recoveries of immatures were made 
during that month (Tables 4 and 5). For both adult and 
immature doves, over 59% of the harvest occurred during 
Table 4. Chronology of direct recoveries (%) of adult mourning doves banded in Missouri in 1968-76 
and recovered through 1976.* 



Date of recovery 


Total September 
Recovery location recoveries 1-10 11-20 21-30 Total Oct. Nov. Dee Jan Feb. 
Missouri 
Eastern 67 70.2 11.9 4.5 86.6 13.4 _ — — — 
Central 44 61.4 27.3 6.8 95.5 4.6 — = ~ = 
Western 36 72.2 92.2 2.8 97.2 2.7 — — _ _ 
Total 147 
Alabama 2 — — — _ 50.0 50.0 = — 
Arkansas 2 — 100.0 100.0 — — _ _ 
Florida 1 — = — = = = a 100.0 = 
Georgia 2 _ ~ 50.0 50.0 - — = 50.0 - 
Guatemala 3 = — — — 33.3 = 33.3 33.3 — 
Illinois 1 = — 100.0 100.0 — ~ — _ ~ 
Kansas 2 100.0 _ 100.0 -- os — — — 
Louisiana ] _ ~ — 100.0 — - -- — 
Mexico 7 ~~ — — — 50.0 = — _ 50.0 
Mississippi 1 ~ — = -- 100.0 — — — 
Oklahoma z — — — 100.0 = — _ 
Tennessee I — = — 100.0 ~ - - - 
Texas 6 = 75.0 25.0 100.0 — — ~ — = 
Total 173 59.3 19.2 5.8 84.3 11.0 1.2 1.2 L.7 0.6 


4Detailed numerical bases for these percentages are in Appendix Table B-2. 
