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Summary 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 
Total Provincial Sample -Sq. Mi. | 161 177 177 143% 
Breeding Prs. Per Sq. Mi. 22.0 37.2 30,1 31,9 
Water Areas Per Square Mile - May 21.3 12.9 8.2 14.4 
Water Areas Per Square Mile on 
July 15 Estimated to Last All Season 5.2 6.4 6.9 7.6 
*. Not comparable since so few transects completed in 
eastern Saskatchewan. 
SASKATCHEWAN 
. Species Composition 
Species 1952 1953 1954 1955 
Pintail Not 2242 1521 Impas sible 
Mallard Comparable 1796 1659 roads in 
Blue-winged Teal with 671 611 eastern 
Shoveler Subsequent 634 490 Saskatchewan 
Baldpate years 455 5 312 prevented 
Gadwall 205 269 completion 
Lesser Scaup 193 207 of transects. 
Canvasback 153 106 Data are not 
Redhead 103 T7 comparable. 
Green-winged Teal B4 52 
Ruddy Duck 46 29 
Unidentified - 2 
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Total 6582 5335 

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The transects for western Saskatchewan show little change in the 
breeding population in size of species composition fram 1954. Except for 
Wynyard Southwest, too few transects were run in eastern Saskatchewan to be 
significant. Although Wynyard Southwest showed a significant decline, the 
remainder of the east side of the Province was estimated to have as many 
breeding pairs as the previous year, and possibly more. 
lt was possible to re-run all transects on July 15 and the results 
show water conditions to have been even better than in July, 1954, which 
was also an exceptionally good year. 
