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ir Fi * AAA herd. ‘ = ice ey 7 Z # 2eyor fe - Ne. of 
Province ‘Census red 1949 Fee. ‘is reese “EYL 
ge '-—* Years Ob 
oya Scotia Wolfville err wa 3 Observer 1950 
(Area #1) 19 12 er 
14.9 l 
Py reas ~” 
: ‘i (ti Seis a) eae -18.. va 14 aged 3, 6... binogt -10 ‘ aL i" 
Prince Edward Fortune. fe : ~ i <0 ce os eee aimed . oo r. A ow 
Island --*) _ " ie . : a ha ie gine 10 -=.§.G; Jenkins 
i Sra st os 1+ si: & H. Webster 
Avondale 11 10 “12.0 cay 3; °° Hii ge 
French Village 10 10 10.3 10 tt " 
aj 22 1. Conway ~ * VT 9. (CC 1 4, 2 ; a a LO . 2 ic M 
New Brunswick Fredericton . i 
(Richibucto Road) 9 t 17 21.7 10 B.S. Wright 
se 1 +. Fredericton He i Lowe 
har a: 3 (Kingsley Bridge) 13. 13 13.7 i. bee tear 
Fredericton 
(Charter's 18. 13 -13.1 10 i" " 
Settlement) oP 
Moncton = ; = 
. (Turtle Creek) -48- 34 . 42.3: . 3. G..F.. Boyer 
Saint John : : 
(Tilley Road) 35 15 32 3 " r 
Sackville | 
feces eaile Rd.)° 10 3 5.6 3 " rT 
Ae - ( Mid, Sackville 2 ee lei, “= ee - 3. " " 
Road) ve ma ' 
- (Rockport Road) 22 4 13.0 | 2 | " 1" 
Tabusintac : ee 
(Prince Settle- 18 9 ‘12.2 CPO " i" 
ment) Be. 

In summarizing, it is noted that singing male woodcock recorded on check 
areas in Ontario in 1950 showed an increase of about 10 percent over 1949 and about 
7 percent over average conditions, while in the Maritime’Provinces the 1950 count 
showed a decrease of about 35 percent from 1949 and about 10 percent from average 
conditions. It is probable that the unusual snow conditions during: early April were 
responsible for at least some of the reduction in numbers: totéd in ‘the Maritime 
Provinces... 
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nated 4382 a4 
