PACIFIC FLYWAY 
Summary of Pacific Flyway Waterfowl Indices 
An upward trend is shown by the waterfowl indices in the Pacific Flyway 
for the 5-year period 1950-54, ! 
Waterfowl - The 1954 index for waterfowl is 12 percent above the average 
level for the 5-year period 1950-54 and compared to individual years 
is: . 
8 percent above 1953 
18 pércent above 1952 
13 percent above 1951 
26 percent above 1950 
Ducks - The 1954 index for the Pacific Flyway is 13 percent above the average 
level for the past 5 years and compared to individual years is: 
6 percent above 1953 
14 percent above 1952 
28 percent above 1951 
19 percent above 1950 
Among the ducks, the indices were: 
1. About the same for: pintail, mallard, shoveler, 
scaup, green-winged teal, ruddy, gadwall, 
bufflehead and old squaw. 
2. Noticeably up for: baldpate, merganser and redhead. 
Noticeably down for: blue-winged teal and cinnamon 
teal. 
Geese - The 1954 goose index is 17 percent below the average for the 5-year 
period 1950-54 and compared to individual years is: 

7 percent below 1953 
4 percent below 1952 
52 percent below 1951 
19 percent above 1950 
Among the species of geese, the white-fronts remained about the same, 
cacklers and snows decreased, and Canadas increased. 
