PACIFIC FLYWAY 
Table III. CARIBOO REGION 
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1951 1952 1953" 1954 
Adult: Young Adult Young Adult: Young Adult. Young 
Mallard 57 50 129 ek 3 17 15 25 
Pintail 1 a 10 9 2 4 1 == 
Baldpate 63 67 28 64 11 53 11 33 
Gadwall 2 16 1 =o 1 8 _ on 
Green-winged teal 14 37 28 32 4 30 14 16 
Blue-winged teal 6 9 4 14 6 7 27 -- 
Shoveller 1 5 Zt 21 4 11 me i. 
Redhead 21 67 10 72 12 69 13 Ta 
Canvasback 9 22 35 27 8 37 9 12 
Lesser Scaup 174 293 212 «257 138 87 298 43 
Goldeneye 216 306 239 110 55 168 63 141 
Burrlenemk he 36 110 68 27 99 43, 66 
Ruddy ‘duck’ >“ 36 16 89 19 65 19 56 25 
Unidentified -- ae 102 7 -- -- 108 ~= 
a eee : 
Total “6he gah 1,004 ‘72h 336 609 650. 402 
American coot 369 283 
% 
1953 and 1954 counts made three weeks earlier than previous years-- 
not strictly comparable. 
The average brood size for dabbling ducks decreased from 6.4 in 
1955 to 5.8, while diving ducks decreased fr m 6.4 to 6.1. 
Conclusions < 
The indications are that the 1954 hatch will be as good as the 
1953-hatch, although somewhat delayed. 
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