TABLE A-8.--Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots and total non- 
retrieved ducks and coots in the CENTRAL FLYWAY during the 
1961 and the 1962 hunting seasons 
[ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias | 
1 Percent 
Species 1961 1962 change 











































Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mal lard----------------+--~---------------- 4S , 400 203,200 -54 
Black duck---+--+---2----------------2------- 2,000 500 -75 
Black X Mallard---------------------------- 300 100 -67 
Mottled duck--------~--------~-------------- 15,200 16,900 -28 
Gadwall------------------------------------ 27,800 35,800 +29 
American widgeon -------------------------- 55,900 29,500 -47 
Green-winged teal-------------------------- 107,900 48,200 -55 
Blue-winged and cinnamon teal-------------- 9,400 8,500 -10 
Shoveler---------------+---------------+--- 2h 400 16,400 -33 
Pintail--------------+------+---------------- 54,500 46,900 -1h 
Wood duck---------------------------------- 8,900 9,400 +6 
Divers: 
Redhead---------------------+---+----------- -68 
Canvasback-- --2--+- oa en nnn neers ee nne n= ~~ 
Greater scaup------------------------------ ~56 
Lesser SCAUP-----~- 9 - nen nen -80 
Ring-necked duck-----------2-2------- one -19 
American goldeneye -60 
Bulflehead------------------------+--------+ =33 
Ruddy duck--------------------------~------ =38 
Miscellaneous: 
Seoter---+---- ono an ne ee eee ene n= aod 
Common and red-breasted merganser---------- -33 
Hooded merganser-------------------------+- -29 
Other and unknown-------------------------- -85 
Total:? 
Retrieved--------+--------~---------+-----+---+- 839,900 439,200 -48 
Not retrieved--+-------+----+---------------- 236,000 131, 700 4h 
Ducks killed-~-----------+--------+---------- 1,075,900 570,900 “AT 
Coots: 
Retrieved----+-----«------------------+------- -26 
Not retrieved -17T 
Coots killed--------------------------------- ~22 
s Species composition derived from the 1961 and 1962 duck wing surveys. 
Duck totals estimated to nearest thousand. 
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