Table 2.--Trends in the Breed ing-Population Index, 1957-63 (con. ) 

State 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 #1962 1963 

South Dakota 74.3 51.8 47.0 29.4 35.5 274 29.7 
5,459 3,806 3,453 2,160 2,608 2,013 2,180 
Tennessee 34.9 31.7 26.6 27.0 22.9 26.4 22.2 
1,464 1,330 1,116 1,133 961 1,108 931 
Texas 50.9 50.3 48.7 51.1 41.5 43.3 39.5 
13,419 13,261 12,839 13,472 10,941 11,416 10,414 
Utah 43.5 28.6 43.5 35.2 28.0 25.7 25.5 
3,024 2,120 3,224 2,609 2,075 1,904 1,890 
Vermont* 1.0 8.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 
Virginia 32.2 40.6 43.2 43.2 40.6 35.1 35.7 
1,221 1,539 1,637 1,637 1,539 1,330 1,353 
Washington 48 4 Temes 51.3 35.3 31.0 36.9 33.1 
2,269 1,988 2,405 1,655 1,453 1,730 1,554 
West Virginia 7.7 3.4 4.2 10.9 11.4 23.9 10.1 
130 57 71 184 192 403 170 
Wisconsin 37.9 34.3 31.6 36.0 35.7 25.0 27-5 
1,452 1,314 1,210 1,379 1,367 958 1,053 
Wyoming 30.9 22.7 26.4 eh.1 28.3 26.0 21.4 
2,536 1,863 2,167 1,978 2,323 2,134 1,756 
TOTAL INDEX 96,118 89,074 98,665 104,115 97,281 87,390 86,647 
PERCENTAGE 
CHANGE +8 .8 -7.3. + +10.8 +5.9 -6.6 -10.2 -0.85 
* Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont first established 
call-count routes in 1959. No estimate has been made of the square 
miles of dove habitat in these States. 
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