furniehed ua with additional data on broods produced on the Hafuge; 
Bot Farris, now an employee of the State of Washington Department of Game 
obtained moat of the data on mallarda produced on Whitman County streama. 
From the brood studies alone it ie evident that redheads had a more 
auccessful season this eummer than in 1948. The most striking changes in 
brood composition occurred, howerer, in the gmdwall and blue-winged and 
cinnamon teal apecias. Sadwalls, which made up over 19 percent of the total 
brogde counted in 19468, dropped back to about § percent of the total broods 
counted in 1949, a relative position similar to the one held in 1947. On the 
other hand, blue-winged and cinnamon teal increased markedly this season {from 
roughly 4 percent of total broods obeerread in 1947 and 1948 to over 1% percent 
in 1949). Table 3 also shows an increases of teal in relation to total water- 
fowl counted in comparieon to 1947 and 1948 (see diecusalon of relative 
abundance of waterfowl). 


135 4 7 19 48 19 4% 
Hunber Fercent Punter Percent Hunter Percent 
Epecion Eroods Total Broodg Total Brosds Total 
Mallard 77 34.28 1B2 21.2 oo8 0.6 
Fadhaad 50 21.9 a4 6.2 10 11.5 
Ruddy 21 9.2 a”? 9,6 bz 4.4 
Gadwall 13 7.8 a7 19.6 79 6,1 
Ealdpate 16 7,0 3? 7.1 166 21 
Greeni-winged teal 11 4.8 26 5,8 73 6.1 
Bhoveler a af 18 ore 43 3.7 
Blue-winged and 
Cinnamon teal +] geo ml a2 pt ar 19,65 
Pintail £ 3.6 21 4,2 oS 2.9 
Scaup g 3,5 33 6.7 63 4.8 
Cantasbackr 1 0.4 1 0.2 Ls 1.8 
Harrow's golden-eye = 0,4 9 0.7 
Wood duck 1 or 1 0,07 
Anerican nerganker 1 Oz 5 04 
Ring-necked duck E 0.4 
Total Broods 228 496 1,304 
Brood Sizg 
The arerage brood else of ducks in the three age classes cbheerved in 
pastero Wachington in 1949 were practically the game at for 1942. All brosds 
in the “one-third to two-thirde" class areraged 6.63 and 6.47 and the "two- 
thirds to grown" elaee averaged 6.13 and 6,56 respectively in 194% and 1549, 
These relatirely large broode indicate that both years were wore favorable for 
good waterfowl production than the 1947 seacon. Table 2 summarizes the average 
brood size of ducke by age classification for Eastern Wachinoeten. 
