Table 3. -- Brood Averages ~— Caribou Parklands 

1948 1949 
Mallard 5 broods 6.2 5 broods 5.6 
Pinteil aves 2 broods 5.5 
Green-winged teal ‘ -— 4 broods 5.0 
Blue-winged teal -- 2 broods 7.5 
Baldpate 5 broods 5.2 20 broods 7.3 
Redhead a 7 broods 6.7 
Canva sback 13 broods 7.6 16 brooda 5.0 
Lesser scaup duck -= 3 broods 5.0 
Barrow's golden-eye 21 broods 7.3 36 broods 7.1 
Bufflehead l2 broods 6.2 25 broods 5.2 
Ruddy duck 3 broods 5.0 3 broods 6.6 
Table 4. -- Brood Counts on Sample Area of Upper Columbia Valley 
1948 1949 
Mallerd 14 11 
Baldpate 1 2 
Blue-winged teal ne 4 
Wood duck 1 -- 
Barrow's golden-eye 26 20 
Buf fl ehead 11 9 
Ring-necked duck 1 2 
Lesser scaup duck 2 1 
Canvasback -- 4 
Ruddy duck 1 -~ 
American merganser 2 4 
Hooded merganser 2 2 
American Coot - 14 13 
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