MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY 
Summary (continued) 
Ducks’ 
' Geese 

Coot 
The Mississippi Flyway duck index is 20 percent above the 
average level for the period 1949-1953, and compared toi 
“individual pare 7 Stands: 
32 percent-above 1952 
7 percent below 1951 
84 percent above 1950 
26 percent ahove 1949 
‘Among the various species, scaup, canvasback, wood duck . 
G and goldeneye remained about. the same, Noticeable increases 
were shown in mallard, green-winged teal, black duck, 
baldpate, and redhead, while noticeable decreases were 
recorded vides pintail, gadwall, ringnecked duck and FUE * 
The goose index is 6 percent oe the average for the past: 
5 years, and compared to individual years, stands; 
19 percent above 1952 
6 percent above 1951 
1l percent above 1950 
2 percent below 1949 
‘Among the species of geese, the Canada remained about 
the same, blue geese increased inacaeii and snow geese 
decreased, 
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The coot index in the Mississippi Flyway is the lowest it 
has been in several years, being 59 percent-below the 
average for the past 5 years, and compared to individual — 
years, stands: 
75 percent below 1952 
60 percent below 1951 
52 percent below 1950 
62 percent below 1949 
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