Fopulation Statistics 
The areas for which there are comparative data are listed below: 
Lake Claire Marshes (Alberta) 
Ducks per equare mile: 1948 - 80.7; 1949 - 254.6* 
Order of avundance 1948 1949 Trend from 1948 
Mal lard Mallard # 
Pintail Fintail # 
Shoveler Shoreler . 
Baldpate Scaup ¢ 
Scaup Blue-winged teal RQ 
Blue-winged teal Baldpate aC 
Redhead Green-winged teal f 
Ganvasback Redhead AC 
White-winged scoter Ruddy duck we 
Gadwal l Ganvasback 
Green-winged teal Gadwall AG 
Buff] ehead Golden-eye NC 
Ruddy duck White-wingzed scoter RC 
Golden-eye Buffl ehead NG 
*Large flocka of male mallards, pintails, and shovelere represented 
an appreciable percentage of the increase. 
Athabaska Delta (Alberta} 
Ducks per sguare mile: 1948 - 35.6: 1949 - 63.9 
The order of abundance ig the same as listed for the Lake Claire Mareheg. 
The increases were moat noticesbie in mallards, pintaiis, and shovelers. 
Slave River Parklands (N.W.T.) 
Ducks per square mile: 1948 - 4.3; 1949 - 6.8, 
Crder cr abundance .1948 1949 Trend from 1948 
Scaup Mallard ¢ 
Baldpate Scaup f 
Mallard Bufflehead } 
Fintail Golden-eye d 
Green-winged teal f 
Pintail - 
