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Table IV. - Total Ducks Seen Along Game Branch Transects in Southwest Manitoba 
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No. per Total Ducks Seen Change from 1952-1953 
Transect District Sq. Mi. 1951 1952 1953 . Ducks Percent 
A 1 20.0 219 942 1,131 +189 +20.0 
B! 2 41.0 1,501 559 336 -223 -40,0 
Be a 30.0 369 339 105 ~234 -69.0 
C 3, 6. 12.5 217 140 89 - 51 -36.0 
K 8 28.25 oy 275 1,586 1,829 +243 +15.0 
R 8 4.0 286 279 324 + 45 +16.0 
Total 135.75 5,567 3, 845 3,814 + 31 + 1.0 
Table V. - Number of Ducks and Coots per Square Mile in District 8, 1949-1953 
: 

Species 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 
Mallard 28.5 28.5 23.6 32.0 31.7 
Gadwall 4.6 4.0 3.5 2.8 1.4 
Baldpate 7.8 7.6 6.3 5.7 5.7 
Pintail 8.3 8.0 9.4 8.7 9.6 
G-w. Teal 4,1 4.6 4.9 4.6 2.0 
B-w. Teal 21.1 28.3 21.0 16.4 17.8 
Shoveler 4.6 4.9 4.5 2.7 3.4 
Redhead 541 6.0 4.0 3.2 4.4 
Canvasback 8.1 8.9 7.0 6.6 5.5 
Lesser Scaup 10.7 12.5 12.3 13.7 14.0 
Ruddy duck * 2,5 8.2 2.6 1.1 2.0 
Miscellaneous * 1.5 2.8 Z.3 1.9 1,6 
Total 107 124 101 99 99 
Coots* 12.4 8.7 8.4 4.7 9.6 
*All the above figures are adjusted for hens on nests (assuming a 50:50 sex 
ratio) except in the ruddy, miscellaneous,ducks, and coots. Based on 50.4 
Square miles of transect. 
Table VI. - Waterfowl Populations on the Roseneath Study Area* 
Pairs per Square Mile 

Species 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 
Mallard 30.4 22.0 36.0 30.0 
B-w. Teal 17.7 27.3 20.7 22.0 
Canvasback 10.8 10.7 8.0 5.3 
Pintail 5.4 +3 » 7.3 6.0 
Baldpate 5.4 Ze t S a 8.0 10,7 
Shoveler 3.8 8.0 ¥ ie Z.t 2.0 
G-w. Teal 1.5 - <3 & 3.3 1.3 
Ruddy duck © 5.4 4.0 i E 2.7 2.7 
Redhead 5.4 4.7 0 257 2.0 
Gadwall 2.3 2.0 2.0 4d 
Scaup - a .7 ae | 
Total 88.1 86.0 94.1 84.0 
Coots - 24,7 12.7 19.3 
*The 1953 population was 11 percent lower than that of 1952. This Table 
was prepared by Alex Dzubin. 
