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Area - North of No. 1 Highway, east of Highway No. 4 (Swift Current Area) 
(Western Section - Mixed Prairie) 
(Bounded by No. 1 Highway on the south, No. 4 on the west, on the 
north by Township 34, and on the east by Range 1, west of 3rd). 
1951 1952 1953 
Size of sample -;- square miles 25 23 25 
No. of breeding pairs per square mile - May ll,2 27.5 55.5 
No. of water areas per square mile - May 14.5 15.6 14.5 
No. of water areas per square mile on July 15 
estimated to last all season 5.7 4,8 5.2 
Area - Swift Current East (Western Section - Mixed Prairie) 
(Bounded on the north by Highway No. 1, on the west by No. 4 Highway, 
on the east by Range 1, west of 3rd, on the south by the U. S. Border.) 
Size of sample - square miles ll 1] 1] 
Breeding Pairs per square mile - May ll.2 20.4 42.2 
No. of water areas per square mile - May 11.7 6.1 13.9 
No. of water areas per square mile on July 15 
estimated to last all season 5. 1 4,6 6.6 
Area - Wynyard Southwest - Brown Soils (Western Section Mixed Prairie) 
(Missouri Couteau, Moose Jaw to Ogema via Highways 2 and 13). 
Size of sample - square miles Not comparable 10 10 
Breeding pairs per square miles - May with 48.9 63.5 
No. of water areas per square mile - May subsequent 19.7 10 
No. of water areas per square mile on July 15 | years 
estimated to last all season 6.5 8.8 
Area - Wynyard Southwest - Dark Brown Soils (Eastern Section of Mixed 
Prairie) 
(Bounded on the south by U. S. Border, on the west by Moose Jaw-Radville 
Railroad and Highway No. 11 Moose Jaw to Saskatoon, on the east by 
Highways Nos. 9 and 16 to Regina and No. 6 from Regina north to No. 14, 
and on the north by Highway No. 14). 
Size of sample - square miles Not comparable 30 30 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May with 18.1 17.4 
No. of water areas per square mile - May subsequent 14.8 13.1 
No. of water areas per square mile on July 15 years 
estimated to last all season 5.3 4. 
