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TABLE C-13 0 —Total duck and coot kill in the Atlantic 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 —-- 
140, 600 
160, 200 
+ 14 
Domestic mallard - 
3, 200 
1, 500 
- 53 
Black duck-- 
215, 000 
242,400 
+ 13 
Black X mallard- 
6, 000 
7, 300 
+ 22 
Mottled and Florida duck- 
17, 300 
14, 200 
- 18 
Gadwall- 
17, 600 
13, 000 
- 26 
American widgeon- 
40, 300 
44, 300 
+ 10 
Green-winged teal- 
61, 600 
86, 200 
+ 40 
Blue-winged teal- 
21, 000 
18, 600 
- 11 
Shoveler-- 
8, 000 
8,100 
- 8 
Pintail .-.. 
27, 000 
25, 800 
- 4 
Wood duck- 
124,800 
105, 600 
- 15 
Divers: 
Redhead - 
1, 400 
9,800 
0 
Canvasback - 
300 
26,700 
( 2 ) 
Greater scaup -- 
28, 800 
19, 600 
- 32 
Lesser scaup - 
25,100 
19, 400 
- 23 
Ring-necked duck- 
68, 500 
69, 300 
+ 1 
Goldeneye- 
16, 900 
20, 000 
+ 18 
Bufflehead- 
18,700 
23,100 
+ 24 
Ruddy duck- 
5, 000 
9,500 
+ 90 
Sea Ducks: 
8, 600 3 
Oldsquaw- 
4, 300 
- 10 
Eider . 
— 
3, 400 
-- 
Scoter-- 
27,300 
38, 500 
+ 41 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red-breasted 
merganser- 
8,100 
11, 500 
+ 42 
Hooded merganser- 
15, 600 
11, 500 
- 26 
Others and unknown- 
400 
1,900 
+375 
Total ducks: 
Retrieved- 
908,100 
995, 400 
+ 10 
Not retrieved- 
230,500 
246, 700 
+ 7 
Ducks killed 
1, 138, 600 
1, 242, 200 
+ 9 
Coots: 
Retrieved —- 
47,100 
72, 200 
+ 53 
Not retrieved- 
15, 600 
20,100: 
+ 29 
Coots killed- 
62, 700 
92, 300 
+ 47 
Species composition derived from the 1963 and 1964 duck wing surveys. 
Season closed on redhead and canvasback in 1963. 
Oldsquaw and eider combined in 1963. 
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