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Number of singing 
grounds occupied 
eee ese 
No. of 
Province Census Area 1949 1950 Average Years Observer 1950 
Ontario Kingston 11 re: ; 
(Holleford) Z G. M. Stirrett 
Prince Edward Fortune 12 11 11.7 3 . 
ee S. C. Jenkins 
Avondale 14 9 8.7 3 " " 
French Village 8 | 10 7.3 3 " it 
Conway 8 10 6.6 3 " " 
New Brunswick Moncton 0 0 -0.7 3 G. F.B 
(Turtle Creek) Sa ns 
Sackville 9 13 9.6 3 " Nn 
(Jollicur Road) 
Sackville 4 1 2.2 3 Te " 
(Mid. Sackville) 
Sackville 9 1] 8.6 3 " " 
(Cookville Road) , 
Tabusintac 0 2 1,0 3 ‘“ st 
(Price Settlement 
Road) 

In view of the limited number of counts and check areas involved and in view 
of the previously mentioned difficulty of obtaining accurate singing-ground counts for 
this species, it is considered that the Wilson's snipe population, as represented by 
1950 singing-ground counts of 89 male birds, is reduced (21 percent) from 1949 when 
the count was 113 birds on the same check areas, but this reduction may not be 
significant in regard to the whole of eastern Canada. In view of the apparent reduction 
in numbers in 1950, no increase in hunting opportunities for this species is considered 
desirable. , : 
