ATLANTIC FLYWAY 
ce Species Composition - Atlantic Flyway (continental*) 1952 and 1953 
(comparable coverage) 

; Percent of Birds Identified Percent Change 
Species 1952 1953 1952 - 1953 
Scaup 27.4 20.1 + 2,90 
Coot 11.0 20,5 +159,1 
Black Duck 8.0 8.5 + 48,8 
Canada Geese 6,3 7,5 + 65.6 
Baldpate | 5.6 3,8 - 4.8 
Ring-necked Duck 5.6 4,3 + 6,7 
Pintail 4.9 4.9 + 41,4 
Canvasback 4.5 5.6 + 71,5 
Scoter and Bider 4.1 3.0 + 3,1 
Redhead 3,8 2.8 + 2,9 
Mallard Let 4.2 +117.8 
Wood Duck 2.5 2.2 + 23,3 
American Brant oe 2.3 + 48,9 
Merganser 2.1 1,3 - - 16.9 
Green-winged Teal 2.1 9 - 38,8 
Ruddy Duck 2.0 2.4 + 71.7 
Goldeneye , V2 1.2 + 30,6 
Blue-winged Teal 1.1 1,1 + 31.8 
Snow Geese 9 8 + 27,1 
Whistling Swan 8 8 + 54,3 
Gadwall 6 me + 56,4 
Bufflehead 4 6 + 92,4 
Old Squaw. ol 4 +264,5 
Shoveler | Az | ol + 59,3 
Blue Geese tr. tr. = 34,9 
Total 100.0 100, 0 + 38,2 
%* Quebec, Newfoundland, Maritimes, Atlantic Flyway States, and the 
| West Indies, 
4, Summary of Population Indices 
The Atlantic Flyway has displayed a consistent trend upward in populations 
of waterfowl during the past 5 years, 
Waterfowl - The 1953 index for waterfowl is 42 percent above the level 
of the 5-year period 1949-1953, and compared to individual 
years, stands; 

38 peccent above 1952 
56 percent above 1951 
76 percent above 1950 
70 percent above 1949 
