Table IV. - Aerial Transect Census of Waterfowl Production. 
Type* Year 
Alleghany 1951 
1952 
1953 
1954 
Beech-Maple 1951 
1952 
1953 
1954 
Oak -Chestnut 1951 
1952 
1953 
1954 

* In 1954 the following types were disregarded as providing little or 
no significant waterfowl production (Adirondack, Champlain, 
New England and the coastal tidal section). 
Waterfowl Observed 
per Lineal Mile 
Broods 
0.10 
0.01 
0.014 
0.038 
0.14 
0.38 
0.38 
0.162 
0 
0.27 
0.48 
0.347 
Pairs 
0.06 
0.03 
0.10 
0.038 
0 
0.21 
0.12 
0.115 
0 
0 
0,22 
0.104 
Production Index** 
Broods 
1892 
189 
251 
681 
788 
788 
3767 
1606 
0 
1452 
2582 
1867 
** Obtained by calculating as shown in report for 1953 (op. cit.). 
Table VI. - Waterfowl Production Census by Canoe. 
Type* 
Adirondack 
1953 Raquette R. 
1954 Rayuette R. 
1954 Saranac R. 
1954 Jones Pond 
Beech-Maple 
1953 Genesee R. 
1954 Clyde R, 
Alleghany 
1953 Unadilla R. 
1954 Otselic R. 
tif ng i i SS a FP SS Pa SS SP FS ASS 
Mileage Coverage 
— = 
= Oh Ww 
or own 
Broods 
0.38 
0.50 
z2.70 
7.00 
Pairs 
1135 
568 
1792 
681 
0 
1182 
1189 
1140 
1183 
559 
Pairs 
0.83 
0.79 
3.10 
17. 00 
265 
Waterfowl per Linéal Mi. 
The Oak-Chestnut type was eliminated from the 1954 typesfor canoe brood work. 
