
NORTHERN _DSASKATCHEVAN, NORTHERN MANT TOBA, 
AND ONTARIO ~ Continued 
difficult to say whether these birds will go into production. 
Many are undoubtedly displaced birds from the prairies and reflect 
the adverse nesting conditions prevalent there. 
The status of the breeding population on 4 strata basis 
is given in Table l. 
The breeding population indices by Province for the period 
1955 through 1959 are presented in Table a. 
The percent of lone drakes at the time of the survey for 
1958 and 1959 was as follows: 

N. Saskatchewan - 23% 28% 
N. Manitoba 30% 23% 
Ontario 384% 37% 

| Generally speaking, the percent of lone drakes was low 
during both 1958 and 1959, indicating that not much nesting was 
underway at the time of the survey. 
: 107 
