


Table I, - Computation of May 1953 Breeding Population and Number of Ponds, Southern Saskatchewan wn 
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Total Adjusted 1952 1953 
Area in Sample Ducks % Ducks: Population Population Ponds Index 1952 
Stratum Sq. Mi. In Sq. Mi. seenon Lone Per Index & Ducks & Ponds Ponds 
1953 Transects Drakes Sq. Mi. 1953 Per Sq. Mi. per Sq. Mi. 
"NA'NaRast 
(Parklands) 14,600 292.0 4,481 ID* 42.5 28.47 415, 662 402, 668 508, 080 296, 380 
1,351 Ux (27. 58) (34. 8) (20.3) 
"A" -West ; . 
(Grasslands) 37, 630 623.5 8, 7741D 43.68 47.16 1,774,630 1,830,699 974,617 726,259 
5, 107Ux (48, 65) (25.9) (19. 3) 
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(Parklands) 50,520 325.0 3,817ID 46.3 34:5 1,742,940 1,828,318 2,041,008 1,156,908 
3, 778 Ux (36.19) (40. 4) (22.9) 
"CH" 
(Short-grass) 11,290 127.0 1,5511ID 48,7 57.79 652, 449 381, 376 203, 220 126, 448 
1, 648 Ux (33. 78) (18, 0) (11. 2) 
PROVINCE 114,040 1,367.5 40.2 4,585,681 4,387,685 3,726,925 2,305,995 
Ducks ) 
Note: "ID" - Identified Ducks 
"Ux" - Unidentified Ducks. 
