In the Carlbotd dietrict west of Williams Lake, a traneition tone between 
Aspen perk land and apruce forest, wa found 1n a 19 square-mile sample 14.7 
ducka per aguare mile of the following composition: ecaup 70 percent; white- 
winged acoter 10 percent; unidentified ducka 10 percent; mallard # percent, 
and gOlden-eye 2 percent. In this sample we aleo recorded one rmiddy duck, 
one Canade goose and one ewan. The ares emst of Williams Lake was sot sampled 
due to the fact that the alr was 60 turbulent during the flight over the aren 
that am accurate count wast lmposeible. 
In the region north and weat of Frince George, a typical northern epruce 
area dotted with small lakes and ponde, the sample wee 26.5 equare miles. Here 
was found 3.7 ducke per square mille of the following composition: mallard 63 
percent; acaup 20 percent; golden-eye 1? percent; unidentified ducks 2 percent; 
white-winged scoter 1 percent; and green-winged teal 1 percent. 4Sleo recorded 
were aix Gansda geere on this transect. 
There were « few individual lakes in the area surveyed that were of 
outetanding quality concerning toth habitat and waterfowl populatione. These 
were Stum Iske in the Caribou dirtrict, and Tachick and Nulki Lakes juet eouth 
of Vanderhoof, We were alac informed of Canada geese breeding in fairly large 
numbere on the headwaters of the Faranip Hiver, but in the coverage of thie 
area we apparently did not go far enough upstream, 
In planning future work in British Columbia, we believe re-sanpling the, 
Caribou and Frince George areas will be very worthwhile, and that further 
reconnaissance, particularly in the northern half of the Fravince, may lead 
ta some important information regarding waterfowl habitat and populations. 
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