TABLE C-l. --Total duck and coot kill in the Pacific Flyway during the 1963 
and 1964 hunting seasons (retrieved kill estimates adjusted 
for response bias and kill by junior hunters) 
Species 1 
1963 
1964 
Percent change 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard-— 
896, 400 
968,700 
+ 8 
Domestic mallard- 
300 
400 
+33 
Black X mallard-- 
-- 
100 
++ 
Gadwall- 
100,900 
86, 400 
-14 
American widgeon — 
328, 300 
289,800 
-12 
Green-winged teal — 
379, 500 
328, 600 
-13 
Blue-winged and 
cinnamon teal- 
95, 300 
64, 800 
-32 
Shove ler- 
257,400 
112, 200 
-56 
Pintail - 
587,200 
452, 200 
-23 
Wood duck- 
16, 300 
24, 500 
+50 
Divers: 
Redhead - 
8, 500 
29, 000 
( 2 ) 
Canvasback - 
500 
13,800 
( 2 ) 
Greater scaup- 
10, 700 
7,600 
-29 
Lesser scaup- 
28,400 
26, 200 
-8 
Ring-necked duck- 
16,100 
17,700 
+10 
Goldeneye - 
18, 200 
23, 200 
+27 
Bufflehead- 
27, 400 
30, 300 
+11 
Ruddy duck- 
35, 300 
23,100 
-35 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red¬ 
breasted merganser — 
1, 300 
2, 500 
+92 
Hooded merganser- 
1, 000 
1,100 
+10 
Olds quaw- 
— 
— 
— 
Scoter - 
800 
600 
-25 
Others and unknown- 
-- 
300 
++ 
Total ducks: 
Retrieved- 
2, 807, 300 
2, 502, 900 
-11 
Not retrieved- 
557, 000 
530, 600 
-5 
Ducks killed- 
3, 364, 300 
3, 033, 500 
-10 
Coots: 
Retrieved- 
72, 900 
99,000 
+36 
Not retrieved- 
53, 000 
66,100 
+25 
Coots killed 
125,900 
165, 200 
+31 
1 Species composition derived from the 1963 and 1964 duck wing surveys. 
Season closed on redhead and canvasback in 1963. 
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