Show Less Game Birds Noted In Canada Duck Survey ei W WASHINGTON Oct 26 JP Jp-A. Jp A bird count along the Hie northwestern I fringe e of the North American continent continent con con- turned up nearly as many waterfowl there as farther south In Canada but fewer game birds The fish and wildlife service re rei reporting reporting re- re i porting this Tuesday said the sumI sum sum- I mer-long mer aerial study by its biologist biologist biologist biolo biolo- gist Robert H H. Smith and Robert RobertI I P. P Allen of oC the National Audubon I society was the most Intensive ever made on the far norths north's waterfowl I breeding grounds I While saying the waterfowl l populations populations pop pop- compared favorably with those in southern Canada the agency added The greater percentage of ot the ducks observed were birds the birds the slow-flying slow or fish fish eat eat eat- ing n scooters squaws old-squaws and king eiders Mallards and pintails the most important game species in the United States made up a small percentage percentage percentage per per- of the ducks in the area The vast far north duck breeding breeding breed breed- ing ing- grounds ing-grounds grounds still remain unstudied A comprehensive e estimate of duck populations can be made only by broadening the forthcoming surveys surveys surveys sur sur- veys to include other regions in northeastern Alaska and Canadas Canada's northwest territories The two scientists flew 1 miles over the delta the Great Slave lake iJ parkland s the valley and delta of th the Mackenzie river th the e Yukon territory's Crow flats and the Arctic territory'S Old d coa from Point Barrow Barron A Alaska laska ka east ward to Bathurst inlet fi in Ca Canad Cana 4 The density density of at ducks In the stir jur vey CJ ranged from 56 per square on th the Old Crow flats Hats to less H m mlle mUa tha than n four per square mile In the Upland theof tundra y Barrow country south of ot Point int w WA II |