Table I. - Summer Brood Survey in the Northeastern States, 1954, (168 Comparable Areas*) 

Young Average Percent of Change 
Total Broods Produced Brood Young Produced Broods 
Species 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 Increase Decrease Increase Decrease 
Black duck 373.0 380.0 2,171.0 2,310.2 5.8 6.1 - 6.0 - 1.8 
Wood duck 478.0 445.0 4,230.5 4,101.3 8.8 9.2 341 - 7.4 - 
Mallard 95.0 93,0 499.4 592.4 5.2 6.3 - La 7 2.1 - 
Blue -winged 20.0 22,0 157.1 162.0 1% 7.4 - 3.0 No Change 
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* Number of areas by States, 1954 (parentheses indicate number of comparable areas in 1953): 
Connecticut 43 (24); Delaware 3 (6); Maine 27 (13); Massachusetts 43 (40); 
New Hampshire 14 (10); New Jersey 7 (10); New York 16 (7); Rhode Island 12 (14); 
West Virginia 2(4); Virginia 1 (1). 
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