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Table VI. - Mid-Summer Counts, Cariboo Parklands (Continued), 
1954 1955 
Adult Young Adult Young 
Canvas back 9 12 ] 10 
Lesser Scaup 298 43 243 228 
Goldeneye 63 141 101 148 
Bufflehead . 43 66 56 114 
Ruddy Duck 56 25 44 29 
Unidentified 108 - 305 3 
EE —— eee 
Total 658 402 936 752 
American Coot 205 69 165 

A successful breeding season in the Gariboo Parklands was indicated 
this year by the increase in the numbers of both young and old birds seen, as 
compared to 1954. 
A summary of the brood data from all areas is given in Table VII. 
Brood averages of both pond and diving ducks were up this year over last. 
Table VIL. - Summary of Brood Data. 


Pond Ducks Diving Ducks 
1954 1955 1954 1955 
Mallard 5. 6(32) 7.5{ 6) Redhead 5.5(19) 5. 3(14) 
Gadwall 6.0( 3) 8.5( 2) Canvasback 4.7( 3) 10,0( 1) 
Pintail 5,5(18) - Lesser Scaup 7.3( 7) 8, 8(26) 
Green-winged Teal 8.0( 2) 5.0( 3) B. Goldeneye 6.5(43) 6.0(12) 
Blue-winged Teal 5.0( 3} - Bufflehead 5.9(14) 7. 6(11) 
Baldpate 6. 3(11)} 6.1( 9) Ruddy Duck 5.6{ 8} 7.2( 4) 
Shoveler 5.5( 6) 1.5( 2} 
Total 5. 8(75) 6. 1(22) Total 6.1(94) 7. 3(6@8) 
Banding 
Included in Table VIII is a list of the waterfowl banded in the Cariboo 
region by the field party from the University of British Columbia and the author. 
Banding operations were carried out from August 2 to 10, 1955. Many downy 
scaup had to be released without bands because of their size. 
