Table 2.--Changes in Woodcock Recorded on Singing-Ground Routes, 

1962 and 1963 
EASTERN REGION 
Percentage Average Number 
of Number of of Birds Percentage 
State or Uncultivated Comparable er Route Change 
Province Land Area Routes 1962 1963 from 1962 
Connecticut 0.78 3 Lg 3-7 -25 
Delaware 0.23 if 8.0 2.0 ds 
Maine 5.42 37 9.9 9.4 - 35 
Maryland eee a: 5.0 3.0 = 
Massachusetts 1.31 6 9.0 8.7 5 
New Brunswick 4.87 10 10.0 9.6 ula 
New Hampshire 1.57 13 6.3 5.3 -16 
New Jersey 1.09 3 3.7 4.3 mn 
New York 6.66 28 6.2 6.4 + 3 
North Carolina Tekl mn 0.8 0.5 2 
Nova Scotia 3.72 1. 599 4.6 ~16 
Pennsylvania 6.29 25 6.2 6.1 = 2 
Prince Edward Is. 0.27 4 6.2 5.8 = 
Vermont 1.42 5 8.2 6.6 P 
Regional Total and 
- Weighted Average * 41.96 161 6.19 5.76 - 7 
WESTERN REGION 
Tllinois 3.60 3 3u7 2.0 2 
Indiana 2.74 3 FUE 9.7 - 
Towa 0.39 5 1.8 3.2 a 
Kentucky 4.39 7 O.1 2.0 ~ 
Michigan 7.50 51 10.3 pbeab +17 
Minnesota 4.23 1h Lig 6.4 +31 
Ohio 3.92 5 10.6 12 tt = 
Ontario 20.79 7 4.3 4.6 = 
West Virginia 3.96 9 Woz 5.0 ta 
Wisconsin 6.51 1h Tee) 5.7 +16 
Regional Total and 
Weighted Average 58.03 118 5.39 6.25 +16 
Continental Total 99.99 279 5.72 6.04 +6 
and Weighted Average 
* Weighted averages based on proportion of total land area and average number 
of birds per route in each State and Province. 
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