TABLE D-17.—Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots and total non- 
retrieved ducks and coots in the ATLANTIC FLYWAY during 
the 1962 and the 1963 hunting seasons 
[ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias] 
Species 1 
1962 
1963 
Percent 
change 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard 
114,500 
140,900 
+23 
Domestic mallard 
1,600 
3,300 
+106 
Black duck 
208,900 
217,900 
+4 
Black X Mallard 
6,300 
6,100 
-3 
Mottled and 
Florida duck 
13,600 
17,300 
+27 
Gadwall 
5,900 
17,800 
+202 
American widgeon 
27,400 
40,800 
+49 
Green-winged teal 
42,500 
61,800 
+45 
Blue-winged teal 
10,400 
20,900 
+101 
Shoveler 
3,500 
8,800 
+151 
Pintail 
16,500 
27,100 
+64 
Wood duck 
116,600 
125,000 
+7 
Divers: 
Redhead 
400 
1,400 
+250 
Canvasback 
200 
300 
+50 
Greater scaup 
32,700 
28,400 
-13 
Lesser scaup 
15,400 
25,000 
+62 
Ring-necked duck 
46,500 
68,600 
+48 
Goldeneye 
14,900 
16,800 
+13 
Bufflehead 
14,200 
18,800 
+32 
Ruddy duck 
3,600 
5,000 
+39 
Miscellaneous: 
Common and red-breasted 
merganser 
6,100 
8,100 
+33 
Hooded merganser 
11,600 
15,600 
+34 
Oldsquaw and eider 
4,100 
2,800 
-32 
Scoter 
12,000 
10,000 
-17 
Others and unknown 
200 
400 
+100 
Total: 
Retrieved 
730,700 
889,100 
+22 
Not retrieved 
198,400 
220,400 
+11 
Ducks killed 
929,100 
1,109,500 
+19 
Coots: 
Retrieved 
37,900 
47,300 
+25 
Not retrieved 
11,100 
15,700 
+41 
Coots killed 
49,000 
63,000 
+29 
1 Species composition derived from the 1962 and 1963 duck wing surveys. 
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