TABLE C-5. --Total duck and coot kill in the Central 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 - 
403, 200 
526, 500 
+ 31 
Domestic mallard - 
100 
100 
— 
Black duck- 
900 
400 
- 56 
Black X mallard- 
300 
100 
- 67 
Mottled duck- 
18, 400 
27, 700 
+ 51 
Gadwall- 
117, 000 
108, 200 
- 8 
American widgeon- 
76, 900 
104, 300 
' + 36 
Green-winged teal- 
122, 300 
166, 600 
+ 36 
Blue-winged and cinnamon 
teal- 
43, 400 
28, 800 
- 34 
Shoveler- 
44, 300 
44, 600 
+ 1 
Pintail-.. 
102,100 
122, 100 
+ 20 
Wood duck- 
18, 100 
23,100 
+ 28 
Divers: 
Redhead - 
3, 800 
33, 500 
( 2 ) 
Canvasback- 
300 
13, 800 
( 2 ) 
Greater scaup- 
800 
1, 200 
+ 50 
Lesser scaup- 
37, 400 
40, 800 
+ 9 
Ring-necked duck- 
14, 100 
34, 000 
+141 
Goldeneye- 
2, 000 
3, 600 
+ 80 
Bufflehead- 
4, 200 
8,900 
+112 
Ruddy duck- 
1, 900 
2, 300 
+ 21 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red-breasted 
merganser- 
200 
1, 800 
+800 
Hooded merganser--- 
1,700 
2, 200 
+ 29 
Scoter- 
500 
++ 
Others and unknown- 
100 
400 
+300 
Total ducks: 
Retrieved- 
1, 013, 800 
1, 295, 400 
+ 28 
Not retrieved - 
253, 300 
315, 000 
+ 24 
Ducks killed - 
1, 267, 100 
1, 610, 400 
+ 27 
Coots: 
Retrieved- 
21, 600 
23, 200 
+ 7 
Not retrieved- 
9, 800 
17, 600 
+ 80 
Coots killed-- 
31, 300 
40, 800 
+ 30 
2 Species composition derived from the 1963 and 1964 duck wing surveys. 
^ Season closed on redhead and canvasback in 1963. 
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