
Summary 
2. The annual clapper rail nest census was conducted on two 
study areas in Cape May County. 
2. The 1956 rail production was equivalent to production 
during 1955. However, early nesting attempts were much more 
successful. 
3. The results of hunter's bag checks on several different 
marshes indicated that hunters fared fairly well on some marshes 
and poorly on others. 
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