Table I. - Wood Duck Broods Observed by Sections, Transects, and Age Classes, Compared with 1954 
and Previous Three-Year Average. 

Total Broods % Change, 1955 
Arbitrary | Brood Age Classes (1) Previous From Previous 
Section of River Length, Date I II Ii! 3-Year 3-Year Average 
State Transect Miles Floated a b c a boc 1955 1954 Average Transect Section. 
Maumee 15 6-14 1 1 2 8 8.0 (2) - 75 
NORTH Elkhart 17 6-17 2 3 1 6 0 2.3 +161 
Iroquois 14 6-30 z2 1 1 4 2 3.7 + 8 
6-14 
Sub-Total 46 6-30 3 3 4 1 1 12 10 14.0 - 14 
TN ee gent ee 
Mississinewa 13 6-18 1 1 a0 24 al 1 9 7 7.3 + 23 
CENTRAL Big Blue (Shelby) 12 6-1 0 10 11.0 -100 
West Fork White 25 6-2 241 #7 i 3 20 25 16.3 (3) + 23 
Sn a NE a ek et ee a es a ee 
Sub-Total 500 «6 327 1051 1 29 42 34.6 e116 
6-18 
Muscatatuck 19 5-25 4 5 ef 10 24 30.7 (3) - 67 
SOUTH Salt 15 5-24 1 1 2 4 3 4.5 (2) - 11 
Eel (Clay) 13 6-3 1 1 10 9.3 - 89 
Sub-Total 47 1 4 1 7 2 15 37 44,5 - 66 
5-24 . 40 
STATE GRAND TOTAL 143 6-30 4 911 21 8 1 2. 56 89 93.1 7 

NOTE: (1) Used pintail age classes, from Gollop and Marshall, May 1954. 
(2) Two-year average only, 1953-54, Maumee and Salt. 
(3) Adjusted for shorter transect, 1952, Muscatatuck aml West Fork of White River. 
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