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Area - Swift Current East (Western Section - 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, and on the south by the United 
States Border.) 
1951 1952 1953 1954 
Size of sample - square miles 11 11 11 11 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May 11.2 38.7 41.4 41.7 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May 11.7 14.9 12.8 8.5 
No. of water areas per square mile on 
July 15 estimated to last all season 5] 4.6 6.6 ee? 
Area - Wynyard Southwest. Brown Soils (Western Section Mixed Prairie). 
(Missouri Couteau, Moose Jaw to Ogema via Highways 2 and 13.) 
Size of sample - square miles Not 10 10 10 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May comparable 49.2 61.8 55.6 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May with 19.7 10,0 8.6 
No. of water areas per square mile on subsequent 
July 15 estimated to last all season years 6.5 8.8 7.3 
Area - Wynyard Southwest. Dark Brown Soils (Eastern Section of Mixed 
Prairie). 
(Bounded on the south by U. S. Border, on west by Moose Jaw-Radville 
Railroad and Highway No. 11 Moose Jaw toSaskatoon on the east by 
Highways Nos. 9 and 16 to Regina and No. 6 from Regina north to No. 14, 
and on the north by Highway No. 14). 
Size of sample - square miles not 30 30 30 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May — comparable 18.1 17.4 16.4 
Number of water areas per square mile - May with 14.8 13.1 8.2 
No. of water areas per sq. mi. on subsequent 
July 15 estimated to last all season years 5.3 7.2 66,1 
Area - Wynyard Southeast. Black Soils (Aspen Parkland). 
(Bounded on the south by the U. S. Border, on the west by Highways No. 9 
and 16 to Regina and by No. 6 north to junction with No. 14, on the east 
by the Manitoba Border to Kamsack, on the north by Highway No. 5 to 
Watson. ) 
Size of sample ~- square miles Not 25 25 25 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May comparable 10.2 10.8 14.8 
Number of water areas per sq. mile - May with 16.1 19.7 17.0 
No. of water areas per sq. mile on July 15 subsequent 
estimated to last all season years 6.2 10.4 19.8 
