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Table 11. Mallard Direct Recovery Rates and Relative Recovery Rates Based on the Mississippi Flyway 
Recoveries of Five Banding Stations in 1959 and 1960. 
Number Banded 
North Dakota: 
Le Souris NWR 469 
Unweighted average 
Banding Adult 
Location 1959 1960 
Manitoba: 
Libau 235 102 
Minnesota: 
Agassiz NWR. 335 350 
Rice Lake NWR 392 225 
Montana: 
Medicine Lke NWR 276 371 
729 
1959 1960 
401 
657 
567 
368 
730 
477 
681 
137 
Number Recovered 
In Miss. Flyway 
ERE EE EG ee eee 
1959 19 
9 
60 
Imma ture 
1959 1960 
22 18 
67 134 
81 61 
2 18 
1 3 
Miss. Flyway Direct 
Recovery Rate (Per cent) 
1959 
3.83 
8. 36 
12.24 
2.54 
2. 98 
1960 
3. 92 
7243 
9.33 
1.89 
3.70 
Immature 
1959 1960 
5-49 4.89 
10.20 18.36 
14.29 12.79 
3.92 2.64 
5-56 2.19 

Relative 
Recovery Rate 
Misse Fl a 
1959 1960 
1.43 1.25 
1.22 2.47 
1.17 1.37 
1.54 1.40 
1.87 0.59 
1.45 1.42 
