The Results 
In 1950, the first year of the study when time had to be spent in 
locating suitable areas, 2 females and 30 young were banded in 3 work- 
ing days. In 195] the same area was used and 3 females and 5 youre 
were banded in 6 working days. A total of 5 females and 75 young, or 
80 woodcock, have been banded in 9 working days by a 2-man party using 
2 dogs. Each dog is used separately, and 2 are needed as the wrking 
day of a dog on this work should not be more than 5 hours if he is to 
be used continuously over a considerable period. | 
Conclusions 
This method is economical in man-power and time, and has produced 
results which indicate that it is the best method so far developed for 
banding females and young on the breeding grounds. The major weakness 
is that the adult males are not taken, but when this method is used in 
conjunction with one of the methods for taking singing males such as 
trapping with dummy females, decoys, or tape recordings of the male's 
tpeent," it appears to offer the best opportunity for saturation bdand~ 
ing on a specific area. 
The study is continuing, and the possibilities of color marking are 
being investigated. 
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