
Table 18.--Winter snipe count - 2-year comparison based on 
i .  eoverage by foot only 
Areas covered both years - fll areas 




7 ' “Number of Snipe per hour [Additional Snipe per hour 
State areas igo 1953 | 
California 1h 1.6. 160k 18 2.2 12.4 
Arizona 7 i es 0 3 °&0.8 1.1 
New Mexico 5 1.5 4.8 5 0.9 2.h 
Texas 16 4.7 1.8 19 4.3 1.9 
Total, Region IT. 22 3.8 2.5 27 3.) 2.0 
Percent change, Region II _ BY | 1% 
Alabama “ak 28.6 17.6 h 26.7 13.0 - 
Arkansas HG 9.5  — 5.0 h 8.6: 3.9 
Florida 7 0.5 2.7 7 8.3 beds 
Georgia om 1 6. 
Kentucky 1 0.3 0.8 8 0.3 007 
Iouisiana a | hk? 72.8 = 76.1 6 65.2 77.0 
Mississippi _ | 3 500 1.5 6 6.3 1.5 
North Carolina ly 0.9 0.8 Ly 0.9 0.7 
South Carolina 4 12.7 11.5 h 7.5 11.1 
Tennessee _ | 3 | 0,0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 
Total, Region IV 61 21.46 23.17 43 21.0 18.5 
Percent change, Region IV -5.3 =12% 
Total 97 19.28 18.7) 88 15.2 1h.0 
Percent change ~2.8% ~7 9b 

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