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Table 65.—Hunters! Reports of Adult Mallards Banded in the Mississippi Valley, 
| 1939-16 | 
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and 6 states bordering the Mississippi River (Minn., Wis., Mo., Ill., 
Ark., La.) represented the area in which these birds were banded. Each year starts as of 
September 1; birds banded during the hunting season and hunters! reports turned in by the 
bander were excluded. | 
Years wien Birds Were Reported Shot ~——SCP'ime=specific Survival Tn- 
- Cohort 1935 = 140~CTLL UTQG TESCO CTS) CTGG ~~ CPotal)«=s dex for lst Yr. in Series 
Numbers Reported Shot | 
1939 ~ 38h #$$41.87 #102 57 29 26 12 7 80h, 9 
1940 316 86136 89 50 29 16 7 6443 4,3 
191 | 252 137 70 uo 37 #4225 #570 oh 
1942 105 37 22 1y 9 187 (35) 
19,3 178 §=131 66 36 391 62 
19k) 360 169 70 8599 47 
1945 268 126 39h 7 
Total Mortality (Time-specific Survival Series) 
Index for lst Yr. in Series 
Surviva ° 
1939=1,0 38, 187 . 
1939-1 503 238 7 53 
1939-2 490 | 283 58 2 
1939-43 388 §=6.186 48 52 
-1939—hhy 36h, eon anh 2 2 
1939=h5 582 280 8 52 
1939=1:6 fen 
