Table 16. Species Composition of the Duck ee in the Saimin se mlyeay: 
as Shown by the 1959 Wing Collection(Cont' d). + + re ~ 
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Ky, Ark. Tenn. La, Miss, Ala, Mtire Flyway 
- (weighted) 
Mallard 63.2 91.5 76.6 48.8 48.3 21.8 6.6 
_ Black® 26.3 11d 6.2 2.3 2.3 5.1 4.6 
Black x Mallard 0,0 0.1 0,0 0.3 0,0 0.0 0.3 
Gadwall 0,0 1.0 3.8 1.3 2.3 5.1 1.9 
Am, Widgeon 00 O08 1.9 13 4.6 3.8 he2 
Green-winged Teal 0.0 2.1 1.9 3.7 4.6 2.6 7.6 
Blue-winged Teal 0,0 0,0 0.5 9.3 0,0 0,0 5h 
Shoveler 0.0 05 21.0 2.3 40,0 1,3 0.9 
Pintail 0.0 0.5 1.9 16,3 2.3 0.0 3.4 
Wood Duck 0,0 0.9 2.4 4.7 20.7 11.5 4,0 
Redhead 0,0 0,0 0,0 0.0 a a 1,3 1,2 
Canvasback 10.5 0.0 O48 O7 +1 = 1,3 0.7 
Greater Scaup 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0,0 3.8 14 
Lesser Scaup 0.0 0.1 1.9 4.3 1.1 10,3 9.2 
Ringneck 0.0 0.7 0.5 3.7 8.0 30,8 4.7 
Goldeneye 00 0.2 0.0 0.3 0,0 0,0 0.9 
Bufflehead 0,0 0.0 0,0 0.0 1.1 1.3 1A 
Ruddy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0,0 0.2 
Common Merganser 0,0 0.0 0,0 0,0 0.0 0,0 0.03 
Red-breasted Merganser 0.0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0.2 
Hooded Merganser 0,0 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.1 0,0 0.6 | 
Old Squaw 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,02 
Common Scoter 0.0 0,0 0.0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,1 
White-winged Scoter 0.0 0.0 0,0 0,0 0.0 0,0 0.1 
Unknown 0.0 0.4 0,5 0.7 1,1 0,0 0,2 
Total 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0 99.7 100,0 99.8 
Sample size 19. 1061 209 301 87 78 10,478 
1. Does not include 67 wings from geese and non-game birds, 65 wings outside 
Flyway, or 117 wings from hunters not in original sample, 
2. Includes 3 mottled ducks identified in the Louisiana sample; others may 
have been present in Alabama and Mississippi. 
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