Table 16. Species Composition of the Duck 
Kill in th 
as Shown by the 1959 Wing Collection. n the Mississippi Flyway 


Minn. Wisc, Mich, Iowa Ill, Ind. Ohio Mo. 

Mallard 31.3 28.9 18.3 49.4 66.5 60.3 25.6 73.5 
Black@ 2.9 6.4 13.6 08 3.4 12.2 10.4 0.7 
Black x Mallard O14 18 O02 00 G3 17 jO4 O.4 
Gadwall 33 0,2 0.3 3.1 2,0 0,0 0,0 2.0 
Am, Widgeon 4.9 5.1 6,2 6,1 3.5 6.9 5.0 4.1 
Green-winged Teal 10.1. 8.9 84 %W.3 5.3 %41.7 116 7.4 
Blue-winged Teal 10.2 12,0 5.4 1.8 0.9 0,0 Que 0.1 
Shoveler 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.8 1.3 3.4 0.4 0.5 
Pintail 3,0 3,0 4.8 4.6 2.0 0,0 4.5 2.6 
Wood Duck 2.3 6.3 3.0 2.8 3.7 Wi 2.5 2.0 
Redhead 1.4 0.9 4,8 1,0 0.3 0.0 15 0.1 
Canvasback 0.4 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.7 0,0 0.6 0.1 
Greater Scaup 1.0 ak 7,0 0.8 0.7 0,0 0,2 0,0 
Lesser Scaup 146.8 12,9 11.6 8.4 Sank 1.7 4.3 3.4 
Ringneck 8.8 6.6 1.8 2.6 2.2 00 3.0 1.5 
Goldeneye 0.9 1,0 348 1.0 O7 0.0 0.9 0.1 
Bufflehead LoL 2.3 5.3 0.5 0.4 0,0 1.9 0.4 
Ruddy 0,1 0,8 0,2 0,0 0.1 0,0 09 0,1 
Common Merganser 0,0 0,1 0,0 0.0 0,1 0.0 0,2 0.1 
Red-breasted Merganser 0.1 0.2 0.7 0,0 0,1 ea: 0.9 0.1 
Hooded Merganser 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.9 0.5 
Old Squaw 0,03 0,0 0,1 0.0 0.0 0,0 0.0 0,0 
Common Scoter Ou2: 0,0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 
White-winged Scoter O.1 0,0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0,0 0,0 
Unknown : 0.2 0,2 0,0 0,0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 
Total . 100.2 100.0 99.9 100.1 100.1 99.8 100.0 99.7 
Sample size 3661 1252 870 392 «1216 58 5360739 
~63= 
