Table I. - Index to the Number of Pairs, Singles, Grouped and Total Birds Observed in Quebec and Labrador 

1952 and 1953 

Pairs 1952 Singles 1953 Grouped Birds TOTAL Percent 
Species 1952 1953 Number %* Number %* 1952 1953 1952 1953 Change 
Black Duck 27,496 42,429 26,735 22 31,976 16 39,577 86,690 148,039 235,500 + 59 
Goldeneye 15,665 25, 106 35,954 43 5,226 6 16,517 38,659 119,755 99,323 - 17 
Ringneck 1,249 os 2,125 36 443 - 1,262 S 8,010 886 - 8g 
Scaup 4,082 23,165 13,077 42 4,212 2 9,796 7,371 44,114 62,125 + 41 
G-w. Teal 1,224 2 3,150 56 " . fs 8,748 & i 
Unidentified 11, 154 7,204 22,864 25 10,419 12 47,970 64,884 116,006 100,130 - 14 
Sub-Total 60, 870 97,904 103,905 30 52,276 12 115,122 197,604 444,672 497,964 + 12 
Merganser 37,962 109,846 82,501 37. 74,337 17 &4«1462,248 132,681 303,174 501,047 + 65 
Scoter 1,458 31,925 408 7 5,791 4 2,857 80,512 6,589 155,944 42265 
Eider 7,062 1,053 - 0 526 8 9, 630 4,212 23,754 7,370 - 69 
Old Squaw 1,283 419 | 1,050 13 838 50 4,205 ut 8, 871 2,514 - T2 
Total Ducks 108,635 241,147 187,864 31 133,768 13 194,062 415,009 787,060 1,164,839 + 48 
Canada Geese 27, 322 32,679 19,490 8 16, 740 6 162,033 216,785 255,657 315,623 + 23 
* Proportion of individual birds observed, 
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