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Area - North of South Saskatchewan River west of Highway No. 4 
(Mixed Prairie) 
(Bounded by the South Saskatchewan River on the south, on the 
north by Township 34, on the east by Highway No. 4, and on 
the west by the Alberta border.) 
1951 1952 
Size of sample - square miles 16 16 
Number of breeding pairs per sq. mile - May 13.5 36.0 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 15.1 15.6 
Number of water areas expected to last all 
season on July 15 - square miles 5.2 5.4 
Area - North of No. 1 Highway, east of Highway No. 4 (Swift Current Area) 
Mixed Prairie 
(Bounded by No. 1 Highway on the south, No. 4 on the west, on the 
north by Township 34, and on the east by Range 1, west of 3rd.) 
Size of sample - square miles 25 23 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May 11.2 27.5 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 14,5 15.6 
Number of water areas expected to last all 
season on July 15 - square miles 5.7 4.8 
Area - Swift Current East (Mixed Prairie) 
(Bounded by Highway No. 1 on the north, on the west by No. 4 Highway, 
on the east by Range 1, west of 3rd, on the south by the U. S. Border.) 
Size of sample - square miles 11 ll 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May ll.2 20.4 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 11.7 6.1 
Number of water areas expected to last all 
season on July 15 - square miles 5.1 4.6 
Area - Wynyard Southeast (Aspen Parkland) 
(Bounded on the north by Township 34, east by the Manitoba boundary, 
south and west by No. 6 Highway to Regina, thence by railroad south 
and east to Stoughton and Carlyle.) 
Size of sample - square miles 37 20 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May 8.8 11,0 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 38.2 18.0 
Number of water areas expected to last all 
season on July 15 - square miles 10.0 4.4 
Area - Wynyard Southwest (Mixed Prairie) 
(Bounded on the north by Highway No. 14, west by Range 30, west of 2nd, 
east by Highway No. 6 to Regina, thence the railroad line south and 
east to Stoughton and Carlyle, and the Manitoba border.) 
Size of sample - square miles 24 15 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May 13.2 19.3 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 28.8 15.7 
Number of water areas expected to last all 
season on July 15 - square miles 7.4 3.1 
