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Table II. - The 1954 Ground Survey of Breeding Waterfowl in North Dakota 
Compared with 1953, 


Water Areas Waterfowl 
Breeding 
Surface Ducks Per Prs. Per Coots 
Transect Sq. Mile Number Areas Sq. Mi. Sq. Mi. Observed 
No. in Sample 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 
ET | 
I 59 130 162 18l 313 9.8 11.8 5,5 6.2 20 153 
II 60 185 226 232 242 7.7 6.6 4.7 3.4 12 68 
III 58 361 324 376 287 11.9 12.2 7.4 5.7 112 #4165 
IV 58 588 229 938 434 19.3 21.8 11.5 13.0 165 85 
Vv 61 364 212 1302 345, 20.9 3.1 12.1 7.5 93 27 
VI 52 483 143 261 127 8.8 5.4 5.3 3.3 5 cor 
VII 50 392 133 168 103 6.6 4.0 4.2 2.8 97 6 
VIII 55 254 109 158 154 2.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 29 7 
Total 453 2757 1538 3616 2005 533 518 
Average 10.9 9.7 6.5 5.4 
* The number of breeding pairs is based upon the assumption that 
each male observed represents a breeding pair. 
