Table I. - Index to the Number of Pairs, Singles, Grouped and Total Birds of the More Important Species 
Observed in Quebec and Labrador, 1953 and 1954, 

Pairs Singles Grouped Birds Adjusted Total Percent 
Species 1953.—t—é<‘«*U *SS 1953. ~—~—é«<COUSS 1953.—~—~—~=~«~*‘*SH A 1953. —té‘«~22S'SWS;C Change 
Black duck 42,429 60,776 31,976 37, 103 86, 690 110,904 235,500 306,664 + 30 
Golden-eye 25,106 75, 845 5,226 52,713 38,695 54,825 99,323 311,948 +214 
Scaup 23,165 15,685 4,212 4,160 7,371 5,625 62,125 47,315 - 24 
Unidentified 7,204 31,704 10,419 39, 994 64, 884 54,711 100,130 198,109 + 98 
Sub-total 97,904 185,010 51, 833 133,970 197,640 226,065 497,078 864,036 + 74 
Merganser 109,846 57,667 74, 337 62,670 132,681 114,440 501,047 355,115 - 29 
Scoter 31,925 22,310 5,791 13, 036 80,512 61, 743 155,944 132,436 - 15 
repel SSS 
Total ducks 239,675 264, 987 131, 961 209,676 419, 833 402,248 1,154, 0691,351, 587 + 12 
Canada geese 32,679 48, 353 16, 740 31, 681 216, 785 60, 956 315,623 221,024 - 30 
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