TABLE D-14. --Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots and total non- 
retrieved ducks and coots in the MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY 
during the 1962 and the 1963 hunting seasons 
[ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias] 
Species 1 
1962 
1963 
Percent 
change 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard 
442,200 
925,500 
+109 
Domestic Mallard 
1,700 
4,400 
+159 
Black duck 
43,600 
73,600 
+69 
Black X Mallard 
2,600 
3,000 
+15 
Mottled and 
Florida duck 
8,200 
19,700 
+140 
Gadwall 
31,600 
109,100 
+245 
American widgeon 
55,200 
118,300 
+114 
Green-winged teal 
69,900 
164,100 
+135 
Blue-winged teal 
51,300 
197,800 
+286 
Shoveler 
15,500 
43,400 
+180 
Pintail 
55,400 
108,700 
+96 
Wood duck 
163,500 
372,300 
+128 
Divers: 
Redhead 
2,200 
4,300 
+95 
Canvasback 
100 
200 
+100 
Greater scaup 
11,600 
11,800 
+2 
Lesser scaup 
49,600 
189,100 
+281 
Ring-necked duck 
92,900 
123,300 
+33 
Goldeneye 
6,700 
7,600 
+13 
Bufflehead 
11,800 
17,200 
+46 
Ruddy duck 
5,800 
8,200 
+41 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red-breasted 
merganser 
700 
2,100 
+200 
Hooded merganser 
6,800 
12,800 
+88 
Oldsquaw and eider 
100 
900 
+800 
Scoter 
400 
1,800 
+350 
Others and unknown 
600 
500 
-17 
Total: 
Retrieved 
1,130,800 
2,519,800 
+123 
Not retrieved 
316,200 
689,500 
+118 
Ducks killed 
1,447,000 
3,209,400 
+122 
Coots: 
Retrieved 
80,600 
225,900 
+180 
Not retrieved 
24,500 
61,900 
+153 
Coots killed 
105,100 
287,800 
+174 
■^Species composition derived from the 1962 and 1963 duck wing surveys. 
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