Table 9.--Special woodcock census studies Maine, 1953 
(A Comparison of Census Methods) 
Number of birds Number of birds Percent of total 
Area Length of old method *# new method +. birds obtained 
route (total count). (sample count ) by new method 
Amherst 3.6 mi. 16 10 63 
Alton 4.8 mi. 19 10 53 
Greenbush 3.6 mi. 22 18 82 
Hodgdon 3.0 mi. 7 5 TL 
Alexander 2.0 mi. 8 3 38 
Cooper 3.6 mi. pel 8 73 
Calais 2.1 mi. 8 6 75 
Charlotte I 2.5 mi. 17 12 71 
Charlotte II 3.8 mi. 12 9 75 
Meddybemps I 2.0 mi. 9 6 67 
Meddybemps II 3.1 mi. 5 3 60 
Edmunds I 4.3 mi. 9 8 89 
Edmunds II hel mi. 10 3 30, 
Edmunds III Cel mi. 6 2 33 
Totals of 1) areas 159 103 65 

+ The average of 3 continuous counts along the census route. 
4 The average of 3 counts, each made at a number of stopping points 
no less than ) tenths of a mile apart, along the same route as above. 
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