Table 36--(continued) 


Fresh and 
Fresh Estua~ Brackish Brackish Estua- 
rine Bays, Estuarine Bays, 

3 rine Bay Marsh 
h Birds he Birds? os Birds* , 
Miscellaneous Foods 12%( 3-26) 25%(+ ~81) 
Corn (Illegal Bait) 10%( 2-23) 
Galls on Muskgrass 254(+ -81) 
Blackgum-seeds 2%(+ -13) 

1 Percentage occurrence of foods that made up 5% or more of the volume in indi- 
vidual birds. Figures in parentheses show 95% confidence limits. 
2 Two from Susquehanna Flats, March 10, 1911; 1 from Gunpowder River, March 2, 
1927; 1 from Upper Potomac estuary near Marshall Hall, Nov. 16, 1900. 
3 Thirty-three from Chester River near Pioneer Point, Queen Annes County, Jan. 17- 
March 5, 1955; 7 from upper portion of Miles River, Talbot County, Dec. 16-20, 1954; 
1 from Choptank River Area, Dorchester County, Nov. 15, 1955. 
* From Dorchester County, Jan. 8, 1955 and March 21, 1956. 
Table 37 
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CANADA GEESE DURING WINTERS OF 1955-58 

Chester River Section 25% Upper Western Shore Section 1% 
Upper Eastern Shore Section 16% Lower Potomac Section 1% 
Blackwater-Nanticoke Section 16% Central Potomac Section +% 
Eastern Bay Section 15% Patuxent River Section +% 
Choptank River Section 13% Upper Potomac Section +% 
Lower Eastern Shore Section 9% Central Western Shore Section 0 
Coastal Section 3A Lower Western Shore Section 0 
Susquehanna Flats Section 1% Total 100% 

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