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Table III. - Comparable Aerial Brood Data. 


Ducks 
Black Duck Ringneck Goldeneye (Total Game) 
Year Adults Brds. Adults Brds. Adults Brds. Adults Brds. 
1953 1,211 55 170 8 74 10.—isa1, 555 68 
1954 475 44 210 - 61 2 816 47 
1955 532 48 62 9 27 8 727 73 

Brood Production and Survival 

During ground survey work throughout the Maritime Provincesa , 
total of 146 complete broods was tallied. A break-down of this total is found 
in Table IV. 
Table IV. - Break-down of Broods Tallied. 

Class I Class II Class III 
Species Broods Ducklings. Broods Ducklings Broods Ducklings 
Black 29 8.0 26 7,0 6 6.7 
Pintail 3 8.0 - - - - 
G-w. Teal 4 8.3 2 7.0 1 6.0 
B-w. Teal 3 8.7 2 ; 8.0 2 6.0 
Wood Duck 5 7.6 - - - - 
Ringneck 17 7.8 13 6.0 5.5 
Goldeneye 17 6.4 13 6.0 I 5.0 
All Species 1955 
78 7.6 56 6.6 12 6.2 
All Species 1954 
33 8.4 64 5.8 12 sae & 

Brood survival as indicated in the number of Class [1 and III duck- 
lings per brood was greater for all species this year than for either 1953 or 1954. 
Pre-Hunting Season Surveys 
Aerial surveys were carried out again in Prince Edward Island and 
the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border region. The results of these surveys 
(Table IV) will give an idea as to which species will receive the brunt of opening 
day shooting pressure in those areas. It would appear that the southward migration 
