Summary 
The following tabulation shows the totals by states for all census 
areas: 



State 1951: 1952 Percent of change in 1952 
Maine 132 122 8% decrease 
New Hampshire 12 13 8% increase 
Vermont 89 . 87 2% decrease 
Massachusetts 156 130 - 17% decrease 
Connecticut $1 63 24% increase 
New York 106 109 3% increase 
Totals 546 52h 4% decrease 

From the data it may be concluded that the status of breeding 
woodcock in the region as a whole was not materially changed from 1951, 
although this was primarily due to a substantial increase in Connecticut. 
The situation elsewhere was much less favorable. Maine and Massachusetts 
both registered moderate decreases, while Vermont and New York showed 
little appreciable change as measured by the censuses. In New Hampshire 
a moderate increase was apparent but this is based on only a very small 
sample, 
In Maine, the 8 percent decrease follows an even heavier de~ 
crease of a year ago. It was most noticeable in the extensive breed- 
ing areas of the eastern part of the State. Decreases have occurred 
in Maine in 3 of the last | years. Heaviest decreases in Massachusetts 
took place on the Prescott Peninsula and Newburyport areas. This 
year's decrease in Massachusetts follows 3 consecutive years of in- 
creased populations. Connecticut's gains were rather general over 
much of the State but were most striking in Middlesex County; by 
contrast all of the Hartford County areas had lower populations in 
1952. 
