TABLE A-5.--Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots andtotal:non-retrieved ducks 
and coots in the PACIFIC FLYWAY during the 1961 and the 1962 huntinz seasons 
[Bag estimates adjusted for response bias ] 
Species! ¢ 1961 1962 Percent 
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Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard----------- tae desierin actateteietentaaieteaieinten ahaa letateetataned -17 
GedwWal qa -n aan nse ee ee ene ene nes +14. 
American widgeon--------------2-----+0---  ateaed -34 
Green-winged teal------- oe eee nee en -6 
Blue-winged and cinnamon teal---------------+- +h 
Shoveler~---- eet re crn cet cee nen errno nenan -23 
P Pintail----------<--+= renter teen ennan weesecen +2 
Wood duckqw-------- ee wenn nce nnn nnn n nnn ane enn -25 
Divers: 
Redhead-~-~----+--~---~-------------~--+------- +16 
Canvasback ------- +24 een nnn nee nore nen een enn -62 
Greater SCAUP--- 93 - nn ene e nn ne nee ne ener cena = +535 
Lesser SC8up-.n serene nen ee eee ees ene a -22 
Ring-necked duck---------+-------------- oe no -32 
American goldeneye---~----------+------+------- ~19 
Barrow's goldeneye------- -+------.-+--5-- ee -22 
Bufflehead -=-------- 2-6 ea nna ne eee ee ee ee nee +8 
Ruddy duck~---n--8-----ensn een ew enn eee see aee -12 
Miscellaneous: 
Scoter~--~-------------+-- 4-2 see en ee +167 
OLdS QUAW= ~= - 4a en ern ae ee ee ee een +200 
Common and red-breasted merganser-~-----------=- +73 
Hooded merganser~---------------+-----------4-- +8 
Others and wnknown---------<---2-----2-- eee +700 
Total: 7 
Retrieved--------------- 2 enn n nnn nn en n= 2,017,500 1,778,900 -12 
Nee tot retrieved----------------=--+--~-- ee etennen- 462,500 366,400 -21 
Ducks killed------------------------------------ 2,480,000 2,145,300 -13 
Coots: 
Retrieved ----- 2a - ne ea et ee eae -1 
Not retrieved -k9 
Coots killed------------------- 2-202 ee ene -23 
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Species composition derived from the 1961 and 1962 duck wing surveys. 
Duck totals estimated to nearest thousand. 
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