the next two periods to 38.4 per cent of the total kill October 
21-31. Lesser scaup continued to make up a substantial part of 
the kill until the close of the season. Goldeneyes and buffle- 
heads apparently were a much greater proportion of the bag late 
-n the season than they were earlier, although the sample was 
very small after November 10. Black ducks, gadwall, American 
widgeon, and green-winged teal appeared to make up fairly 
constant proportions of the kill throughout the season. 
Wisconsin 
Mallards consistently composed 25 to 32 per cent of the 
kill during all periods in the season (Table 19). Black ducks 
also made up a fairly uniform proportion of the kill throughout 
the seasone The proportion of bluewings declined abruptly from 
25.1 per cent of the kill during the first 4 days of the season 
to 6.2 per cent during the next 10 days of October. Green-winged 
teal and wood ducks also were relatively more abundant in the bag 
early in the season, but their proportions declined more gradually 
than the proportions of bluewings and some birds persisted through- 
out the season. Proportions of ringnecks increased from 3.6 per 
cent of the kill during the first period to 14.0 per cent by the 
end of October. Lesser scaup showed an even greater proportional 
increase as the season progressed, from 2 per cent of the kill 
during the first period (October 7-10) to 27.4 per cent during 
the third period (October 21-31). No goldeneye wings were in the 
sample taken October 7-10, but goldeneyes made up 5.5 per cent of 
the sample from November. 
Michigan 
Mallards were the most numerous ducks in the kill during 
the entire month of October, when they made up about 20 per cent 
of the kill (Table 20). In November, however, the proportion 
of mallards declined to only 9 per cent of the kille Black ducks 
made up 14.6 per cent of the kill during the first period and 
remained at approximately this fraction throughout the season. 
Bluewings, greenwings, and pintails made up a fairly large part 
of the kill early in the season, but the proportion declined as 
the season progressed. The kill of redheads, canvasbacks, both 
scaup, ringnecks, goldeneyes, and buffleheads was relatively 
much greater in November than in October. Diving ducks made up 
only 7.0 per cent of the kill from October 7-10, increased to 
54.7 per cent during the last 10 days in October, and to more 
than two-thirds of the kill during November. 
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