Table 32.—Monthly Distribution of Hunters? Reports of 
Redheads Raised in Canada 
Banded before September 1 as young birds in Manitoba and Sas-~ 
katchewan by Ducks Unliminted (Canada). About 12 per cent of 
the recovery dates represent approximations made by banding 
clerks at the time reports were received in Washington. 
Reported Shot as Juveniles Shot as Adults 
Shot Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Total Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Total 
Alta. - 1 - - = 1 = a 2 7 
Sask. 1 1 - - = 2 = _ a on 
Man. 12 10 1 - - 23 2 h 2 8 
Ont, 1. 3.2 _- - 6 1 1 - 2 
Subtotal ly Ts. 3. a SS 9 eet ee 157 
S.D. = = - - - - 1 2 1 L 
Minn. 3 h 3 - - 17 1 TM 3 8 
Wis. 1 4 = - — 5 hast 1 1 2 
Mich. ad aoe DE ye ee 5 - = 0 1 6 15 
Subtotal’ .56 200° 9 = oS a Fo 4S 36 7 
Neb. * 
Kan. 1 1 - - 1 1 
Mo. 2 2 - 1 1 2 
De ace ie) oe Pim py - - 1 1 2 
“Subtotal ie Sake ae, ee? ie ee ee 37 
NY = - - - - - - = 
Pa. 1 = — - 1 =- = - = -_ - 
Md. - 1 1 1 3 - = 1 7 3 lu 
Vae - 1 1 - 2 1 - - 3 1 5 
N.C. = = = A 2 = 2 - = - - 2 2 
“Subtotal ~ 21 GS UT Ua TIT TS T1067 me 8 
Okla. - - = - = 
Tex. - 8 1 1 10 5 1 3 9 
Lae - ~- 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 
Miss. - 2 - - 2 - - - ~ 
Ala. - - 1 - 1 - - = «= 
moubtoua ly wh, Pode Al.) tosh een DOT aN eet y te, “S237 157 
“ft. ~S—:ié‘i:SS:t:s—ie,:Ciak:si‘tests=‘éNS OU” e>”,STns:«ésa?rss™s”SCS'”sSn 
Per cent 19 37 32 #10 2 100 9 33 30 16 = 12 #2100 
young more readily than do any other species, and that on their breed- 
ing grounds juvenile redheads--without the association of experienced 
wary adults--tend to be brought to bag more readily than other ducks. 
The similarity of these field appraisals from different parts 
of the continent strongly suggests that a redhead life table based 
almost entirely on hunters! reports will cmtain an undue proportion 
of birds in their first year of life. 
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