Table A-20. Distribution of indirect recoveries of adult male mourning doves banded preseason in the Central Management Unit, expressed as numbers of 
recoveries, 1967-74. 

Area Area banded 
recovered * MT ND MN SD WY NE IA MO KS CO NM OK AR N.TX  S.TX (txP Totals 
South Dakota 157 | (58 
Wyoming 2 2 
Nebraska 5 45 48 
Missouri | | 2 19 83 
Kansas | | | | 80 | (1) 85 
Colorado | | | 6 2 | (1) 52 
New Mexico | 6 4 | lI 30 | (1) 54 
Oklahoma 2 5 | 2 | | I 2 | (3) 26 
Arkansas | \7 18 
North Texas 2 6 5 43 2 23 14 4 16 6 3 4 [39 3 (142) 270 
South Texas 8 7 26 14 18 3 5 3 3 5 18 (83) 170 
(Texas)? (2) (15) (12) (69) (2) (37) (32) (7) (21) (9) (3) (7) (146) (81) (227) (443) 
Subtotals 3 19 15 24 | 5 90 36 88 103 66 35 18 \7 151 82 (233) 969 
EMU 
IHinois 2 3 5 
Maryland 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
North Carolina I | 
South Carolina 
Georgia | 2 3 
Alabama 2 | 3 
Mississippi 
Louisiana | 2 3 | (1) 7 
Florida 4 | 5 
Subtotals 6 10 3 | 3 | (1) 24 
WMU 
Oregon | | 
Idaho | | 
Utah | | 
Nevada 
California 
Arizona 2 | 2 7 
Subtotals 2 3 | | 3 10 
MEXICO 
NW Coast 3 | 5 4 2 | 3 5 2 (2) 26 
N. Highlands 3 | | | (1) 6 
NE Coast 2 2 2 | 7 
W. Highlands 2 9 5 30 4 20 9 | 10 6 2 4 | 6 109 
C. Highlands 2 3 5 5 2 | | (1) 19 
South 3 | | 5 
Yucatan Pen. 
Unknown 3 [ | | (1) 6 
Subtotals 5 \2 13 48 4 25 18 4 14 10 8 5 VI (11) |78 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
Guatemala 2 | | 2 2 | 9 
El Salvador 2 2 3 | | 2 (2) 11 
Honduras 2 3 | 6 
Nicaragua | | 
Costa Rica 
Subtotals 2 2 3 4 8 3 | | | 2 (2) 27 
Totals \2 33 37 296 10 123 67 96 118 78 46 23 22 163 84 (247) 1,208 
Total 
banded 1,723 3,418 5,595 17,096 1,703 9,446 9,126 4,522 7,601 8,758 6,467 1,757 2,823 10,979 3,774 (14,753) 94,788 
Recovery 
rate 0.70 0.97 0.66 \.73 0.59 1.30 0.73 2.12 1.55 0.89 0.71 |.30 0.78 1.48 L229 (1.67) 1.27 
“States without hunting seasons excluded. 
Includes dove recoveries from unknown locations in TX, 
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