=======================+=========================+======================= Span of years within | Number of separate | Number of times which each individual | years within which each | each individual was captured | individual was captured | was captured ---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+------------ | | | | Times | Years | Individuals | Years | Individuals | captured | Individuals ---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+------------ 1 | 749 | 1 | 749 | 1 | 679 2 | 137 | 2 | 197 | 2 | 181 3 | 56 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 93 4 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 31 5 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 9 | 3 | | | 9 | 1 10 | 0 | | | 10 | 0 11 | 1 | | | 11 | 0 12 | 1 | | | 12 | 1 | | | | 13 | 0 | | | | 14 | 0 | | | | 15 | 0 | | | | 16 | 1 ---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+------------ This investigation was based primarily on the capture in live-traps, marking, release, and recapture of blue racers in their natural habitat. On the combined area of the Reservation and the Rockefeller Experimental Tract, 1020 blue racers were recorded a total of 1688 times from August 30, 1948, to October 27, 1962. At Harvey County Park 361 blue racers were marked, and were captured a total of 467 times from May 6, 1959, to September 14, 1962, and at Cedar Bluff Reservoir 42 were captured from May 11, 1959, to June 30, 1960.