
Table 4. Atlantic Flyway: Waterfowl kill statistics 

Percentage 
change 
1959-60 to 
Species 1960-61 1959-60 1960-61 
Black duck 2/ V/ 217,582 177,488 l/ + 22 
Mallard 151,313 120,734 + 25 
Wood duck 93,094 73,511 + 27 
Green-winged teal 52,013 35,457 + 47 
Scaup 48 ,897 55,609 - 12 
Scoter 41,866 32,396 + 29 
American widgeon 29,397 22,633 + 30 
Bufflehead 27,172 21,031 + 29 
Pintail 26,217 22,729 + 15 
Merganser 23,636 24 944 - § 
Blue-winged teal 23,271 22,824 + 2 
Goldeneye 20,245 19,579 + 3 
Ring-necked duck 17,834 16,436 + 8 
Ruddy duck 13,197 5,440 +142 
Canvasback §,672 15,237 - 63 
Gadwall 4,216 4,008 + 5 
Shove ler 3,560 2,325 + 53 
Redhead 1,675 7,008 - 76 
Others 2/ 8,302 2,339 +255 
Total ducks retrieved 809, 159 681,729 + 19 
Total ducks not retrieved 181,606 160,147 + 13 
Total ducks killed 990, 765 841,876 + 18 
Canada qoose 68,395 38,996 + 75 
Brant 1 1/ 26,883 20,409 1/ + 32 
Others 3/ | 1,230 397 +210 
Total geese retrieved 96,508 59,802 + 61 
Total geese not retrieved 10,631 12,574 - 15 
Total geese killed 107,139 72,376 + 48 
Total coots retrieved 26,533 10,525 +152 
Total coots not retrieved 8,246 5,608 + 47 
Total coots killed 34,779 16,133 +116 
I/ Estimate for 1960-61 considered unreliable; see text. 
2/ Mostly old squaw and eider ducks. 
3/ Mostly blue geese. 
