Table 2.--Movements shown by repeats of 1950 captures 
i 4x“ - Greatest "7° cc 
Date of sites Date distance moved 

Number first on which last from original 
Series 50- captured captured captured capture site Remarks 
301704, 4/10/51 2 5/18/51 275 yds. 
301705 4/7/51 | 2 5/23/51 880 yds. This bird was retrapped — 
on his original site 
May 18. 
301708 ),/18/51 1 4/19/51 ) 
301712 ),/25/51 1 5/23/51 9) 
301713 4/1/51 1 5/20/51 0 
30171 4/12/61 1 5/18/51 0 
301719 4/17/51 a1 4/23/51 0 
301731 5/4/51 1 5/15/51 0 
301772 4/14/52 2 5/16/51 1} miles 
301778 1/20/51 2 1/22/51 820 yds. 
301779 4/6/51 1 5/17/51 : 
301913 4/3/51 1 5/19/51 
30197 4/21/51 3 5/16/51 rt miles 
301977 4/25/51 2 5/16/51 11/3 miles 
301982 4/18/51 2 5/23/51 385 yds. 
301987 4/15/51 1 5/2h/51 0 
301989 4/15/51 1 5/2h/51 ) 
301995 3/7/51 1 5/18/51 0 
301996 4/2/51 2 4/6/51 500 yds. 
301992 3/29/51 2 4/8/51 660 yds. 
301993 3/30/51 = 2 4/2/51 100 yds. 
Monogamy 
The trapping returns suggest male singing woodcocks are extremely 
The pertinent data supporting this observation are for the most 
part included in Tables 1 and 2 and may be briefly summarized as follows: 
promiscuous. 
(a) It is not unusual to find the same singing mile attempting copula- 
tion with different decoys at widely separated singing sites. 
(b) Some birds decoyed in early April were just as susceptible late 
in May. 
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