TABLE C-9. --Total duck and coot kill in the Mississippi Flyway during the 
1963 and 1964 hunting seasons (retrieved kill estimates 
adjusted for response bias and kill by junior hunters) 
Species * 
1963 
1964 
Percent change 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard- 
923, 600 
1,317,000 
+ 43 
Domestic mallard — 
4, 400 
1,900 
- 57 
Black duck- 
73,500 
97,300 
+ 32 
Black X mallard- 
3, 000 
6,000 
+100 
Mottled and 
Florida duck- 
19,700 
36, 700 
+ 86 
Gadwall- 
109,000 
147, 100 
+ 35 
American widgeon — 
117,900 
205, 400 
+ 74 
Green-winged teal--- 
163,700 
288,200 
+ 76 
Blue-winged teal- 
196, 900 
175,100 
- 11 
Shoveler —- 
43,300 
58,000 
+ 34 
Pintail.—. 
108, 500 
163,600 
+ 51 
Wood duck- 
371,100 
320,500 
- 14 
Divers: 
Redhead- 
Canvasback- 
4, 300 
200 
48,200 
37,400 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Greater scaup- 
11, 800 
18,700 
+ 58 
Lesser scaup- 
189,000 
244, 100 
+ 29 
Ring-necked duck — 
123,100 
301, 500 
+145 
Goldeneye- 
7, 600 
19,700 
+159 
Buff lehead- 
17,100 
34, 400 
+101 
Ruddy duck- 
8, 200 
17,000 
+107 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red¬ 
breasted merganser 
2,100 
3, 300 
+ 57 
Hooded merganser— 
12,800 
13,500 
+ 5 
Oldsquaw and eider — 
900 
400 
- 56 
Scoter- 
1, 800 
4, 200 
+133 
Others and unknown— 
500 
1, 100 
+120 
Total ducks: 
Retrieved- 
2,514, 300 
3, 560, 300 
+ 42 
Not retrieved- 
686,800 
897,000 
+ 31 
Ducks killed- 
3, 201,100 
4, 457,300 
+ 39 
Coots: 
Retrieved- 
222,300 
286, 300 
+ 29 
Not retrieved- 
61,100 
84, 800 
+ 39 
Coots killed- 
283,300 
371,100 
+ 31 
* Species composition derived from the 1963 and 1964 duck wing surveys. 
2 
Season closed on redhead and canvasback in 1963. 
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