Table 56 
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BLACK DUCKS DURING THE 1958-59 SEASON 


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Chester River Section 20% 3hE lz 36% 27% 
Central Chester River (12) (21) (36) (31) (12) 
Lower Chester River ( 8) (13) ( 5) ( 3) ( 5) 
Upper Chester River (1) ( +) ( +) ( 2) ( 9) 
Coastal Section 10% 13% 15% 10% 1g 
Outer Chincoteague Bay ( 8) (11) (13) ( 7) ( 6) 
Choptenk River Section 13% _9% _8% 17% 13% 
Central Choptank ( 3) ( 5) ( 6) ( 8) ( 2) 
Lower Choptank ( 5) ( 3) ( 2) ( 8) ( 9) 
Eastern Bay Section Ug _9% 10% 15% lz 
Upper Eastern Bay (10) G5) ( 6) ( 8) ( 5) 
Miles River ( 1) (1) ( 2) ( 5) ( 2) 
Lower Eastern Shore Section _15% _8% _8% 10% _9f 
Hooper Island-Elliott Area ( 7) ( 4) (5) ( 5) ( h) 
Wicomi.co-Pocomoke Area ( 6) ( 2) ( 2) ( 3) ( 3) 
Blackwater-Nenticoke Section 15% _8f _& 5h 1 
Upper Blackwater ( 6) ( 3) ( 3) ( 2) ( 1) 
Lower Blackwater-Nanticoke ( 5) ( 2) ( 3) ( 2) C3) 
Upper Eastern Shore Section _5 _8% _2% _lg ng 
Bay Shore ( 4) ( 7) (1) (1) ( 5) 
Central Potomac Section _l% _2% _3% _2% _3% 
Susquehanna Flats Section _2% _3% _2% 1g 2% 
Patuxent River Section _3% _2h _1% _i% _2% 
Upper Western Shore Section _1% _2% _2h me) it 
Lower Potomac Section _o_ 8 th _% lf 
Upper Potomac Section _% a. 1% 1% _2% 
Central Western Shore Section _+% ik _*% tt ae 
Lower Western Shore Section _*% 4% _t% _t% _t% 
Total Populations 12,900 51,500 111,700 32,300 
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108 ,800 
