Table 46 
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MALLARDS DURING THE 1958-59 SEASON 


Octe2-10, Nove3-12, Decel-12, Jan.7-13, Mar.3-16, 

1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 
Chester River Section 38% 7 62% 9% 138 
Central Chester River (36) (1:8) (59) (31) (9) 
Upper Chester River ( +) ( +) ( +) (18) (62) 
Eastern Bay Section _2h _1% 1% 18% _2% 
Upper Eastern Bay ( 1) (+) ( 9) (7) ( 0) 
Miles River (1) ( +) ( +) ( 7) ( +) 
Blackwater-Nanticoke Section pak. Wh _&% 11% _3% 
Upper Blackwater (7) ( 3) ( 5) (11) ( +). 
Upper Eastern Shore Section _T% 22% _9% _+% 10% 
Bay Shore ( 6) (21) (1) ( +) ( 4) 
Sassafras River ( +) ( +) ( 9) ( +) ( 3) 
Choptank River section _5S 2h _&% 15% _3% 
Central Choptank (1) ( 1) ( 1) (10) ( +) 
Patuxent River Section _&% _9 _l% _1% _5% 
Patuxent Marsh € 3) ( 9) ( h) ( 1) ( 5) 
Coastal Section 2% __3% _1% _&h _2% 
Central Potomac Section _1Z 5h _2% _1% ls 
Lower Potomac Section al. _% 1% 1% _i% 
Lower Eastern Shore Section _l% _1% _+% _lé _1% 
Susquehanna Flats Section _is 0 _+% _# 3% 
Upper Western Shore Section _% _*% 4% _O| lg 
Upper Potomac Section _% _% _% 4 + 
Central Western Shore Section i 4% _% _*% oO 
Lower Western Shore Section oO 0. oO. 4 _th 
Total Populations 3,000 23,000 1,8, 200 55,800 18,300 

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