a i¥e5 mile section, whi’e in similar tidal habitat along a @4-mile stretch cf 
the adjacent, whale siver there were 15.3 geese per lineal mile of sl.oreline. 
dhe interlor rivers and lakes were also more productive of ducks and slijhtly 
more productive of geese. The Leaf Siver, where it florms through a series of 
dakes i. tue upper end, had a geose nesting population cemparable to the “oraluk 
viver area, where certain sections of it showed over a bird per mil: of stream. 
Teble 1 summarizes the waterfowl population per lineal mile along rivers, 
lakes, and tidal areas in both tundra and talga habitat. 
in a normal year the ice does not disappear from the lakes in the interior 
cr the imgeva reninsule until after the middle of June and this probably results 
in 4 late nesting seaton. ige observations of waterfowl brools bear this outs 
» One-week-Old pintail brood of G was observed in the taiga erea on Juay 1. 
Cid-squayw broods in the tindra region averaged 4.2 per brood. All these broads 
were scen after July 23, and all but one was within the two-week ape class. 
Danada geese averaved 4.1 per brood and are appeared to have hatched out during 
the first two weeks of July. 
ein wemperatures during the nesting season within the area studied wanld 
fail between 40° to $09 F, ain was common and there was occasional snow. The 
lakes which are fed by melting snow and ite, maintain fairly constant levels, 
and the entire area is within the permafrost reglon. There was no evidence trai 
predators aifect the waterfowl, although it is possible that the arctic fem mignt 
prey on nests. This was probably not the case this year, however, because =f the 
high cyele of the lemminn, the principal food of the fox. hone of the ubove would 
apoear to te direct limiting factors in waterfowl production. 
sanding Operations 
Only three poslings were banded during the survey, and these wore uthen aot 
the ieaf Fiver station, Lat. 57° 38ihe, Longe 739 GC? iie Uo heavy raterfow] co 
cantrations were found except during the latter part of the study when 4 consider 
able number of black ducks and Tauada geese were observed on the *aise and ‘hale 
rivers. 4 properly equipped station could do some important banding work herds 
Some 
The Canada poose and the old-squaw are the most abuulant nesting species 
within the interior tundra regions of the Ungava Peninsula, while the acme 
pides Le abundant in the tidal area along the west side of imgava ‘in; and Uace 
Midson Streit. The Canada goose and tne black duck are the important nesters 
within the taiga or fprestotindra habitat. While there are no heavy cencentira- 
tions of geese, they are fairly well distributed and there cre undoubtedly a 
considerable number produced within beth the tundra and taiga, The snecies 
appears to Taver the Larrer lakes and rivers, with the “hale, fayne, Leaf, and 
rogaluk rivers the most oroductive. Any future survey should include the weeverr. 
portions of the Leaf, Kogaluk and Fovungnituk rivers in the western portion of 
the Peninsula from Lake Minto northward to the Kovik fiver. These are probably 
important goose nesting areas. 
There are no important aquatic waterfowl food plants in the lLaltes within 
the tundra, and the principal goose browse appears to be various species of 
Carex. fredators are unimportant, and weather and water conditions do not seem 
to be direct limiting factors in the waterfowl productiveness of the areas, 
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