Table 6. Chronology of direct recoveries (%) of adult male and female mourning doves banded in Missouri 
in 1968-76 and recovered through 1976.* 

Date of recovery 





Sex and Total September 
recovery location recoveries 1-10 11-20 =21-30 Total Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 
Males 
Missouri 
Eastern 45 64.4 111 6.7 82.2 17.8 — = ~ — 
Central 31 54.8 32.3 9.7 96,8 3.2 = = = 
Western 25 80,0 16.0 4.0 100.0 ~ — - — ~ 
Total 101 
Georgia ] ~~ = 100.0 100.0 - — — ~ — 
Kansas 1 100.0 _ — 100.0 — = — — ~ 
Mexico 2 = — — a 50.0 - _— = 50,0 
Oklahoma 1 pn Le — = 100,0 — _ — — 
Texas 3 co 66.6 — 66.6 33.3 — — -- -- 
Total 109 61.5 19.3 7.3 88.1 11.0 ~ — — 0.9 
Females 
Missouri 
Eastern 21 81.0 14.3 ~— 95.3 4.8 — — — ~ 
Central 13 76.9 15.4 — 92.3 7.7 — = = — 
Western 11 54.5 36.4 — 90.9 9.1 = — — — 
Total 45 
Alabama 2 es _ — ~ — 50.0 50.0 = — 
Arkansas ] — 100.0 _ 100.0 — — ~— — — 
Florida i — — _ — = — — 100.0 = 
Georgia ] ~ — — = - - — 100.0 — 
Guatemala 3 — — — — 33.3 — 33.3 33.3 — 
Illinois | ~ on 100,0 100.0 = — — _ — 
Kansas 1 100.0 ~— — 100.0 = — _ = — 
Louisiana 1 ~ ~ _ — 100.0 = —~ — — 
Mississippi 1 — = - - -- 100.0 — ~ — 
Oklahoma l — — — — 100.0 ~ — — ~ 
Tennessee 1 — — — — 100.0 — - ~ 
Texas 3 — 66.7 33.3 100.0 —_ = _— — _— 
Total 62 54.8 19.4 3.2 77.4 11.3 3.2 3.2 4.8 — 


4Detailed numerical bases for these percentages are in Appendix Tables B-4 and B-5, 
Table 7. Origins of mourning doves banded in other States in 1968-76 and recovered directly in different 
harvest regions of Missouri. 


Life stage and harvest area in Missouri@ 

Adult plus 






Adult Immature . 
immatures, 
State of origin E C Ww Total % E ‘ WwW Total % total % 
Arkansas ] = = 1 ll 4 — _ 4 16 15 
Illinois 1 1 — 2 22 6 — = 6 24 23 
Iowa _ ] ~ 1 11 = ~ ~ — -- 3 
Kansas — _ ] 1 1] — — — — “= 3 
Kentucky — ~ —~ — 9 ~ 9 36 26 
Mississippi ~ -- — - ~ 2 — - 2 8 6 
North Dakota — y) = 2 22 — — = — — 6 
Wisconsin l ] — 2 22 1 1 2 4 16 18 
Total 3 5 1 9 22 ] 2 25 



ak = Eastern, C = Central, W = Western; % = percent of total harvest in Missouri originating in different States. 
