Table I. - Summer Brood Survey in the Northeastern States, 1953 (130 Comparable Areas *) 
Percent of Change 



Species | Total Broods Young Produced Average Brood Young Produced Broods 
1953. «19520 1953”S—*té=<“<CS~«C'SS CSB 1952 Increase Decrease ~ Increase Decrease 
Black duck 337.0 340.0 2125.7 2352.0 6.3 6.9 - 9.6 : - 1,0 
Wood duck 393.0 364.0 3838.9 3154.5 5,5 8.6 21.7 - T.9 - 
Mallard 44.0 44.0 311.0 254.90 TQ 5.7 22.4 - No change 
B-w. teal 25,0 11.0 184, 0 77.0 Tip 7.0 139.0 - 127.0 - 
* Number of areas by States: Connecticut 24; Delaware 6; Maine 13; Maryland I; 
Massachusetts 40; New Hampshire 10; New Jersey 10; 
New York 7; Rhode Island 14; Vermont 1; West Virginia 4. 
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