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Table III. - Number of Birds Observed Along Shorelines During Breeding 
Population Surveys, Quebec and Labrador, 1953-1954, 

Number of Birds Birds per Lineal Mile* 
Spécies 1953, S”*téi‘;CO’COCOCO#C#~UCSOSSAA 1953. ~*~*é“‘ O!#*«SS 2 
Black duck 4,905 2,761 7.44 4,64 
Ring -neck 382 268 58 45 
Golden-eye 356 762 54 1.28 
Scaup 641 1,918 1,02 322 
Green-winged teal 23 98 03 16 
intail 41 454 . 06 . 76 
Mallard 132 23 . 20 93 
Sub-total 6,480 6, 284 9. 82 10.56 
Merganser 918 348 1,39 . 58 
Scoter 13, 844 5, 322 21.00 8.94 
Eider 2,767 3, 881 4.20 6.52 
Unidentified 255 520 29 . 87 
Total Ducks 24, 264 16, 355 36. 76 27.49 
Canada Geese 490 1,663 . 74 2.79 
Snow Geese 25,500 22,000 me a weak 
Brant 3, 838 6,139 5.82 10. 32 
* Mileage in 1953 was 660 and in 1954 , 595. 
** Found all in one place. 
