See 
TABLE A-11.--Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots and total non- 
retrieved ducks and coots in the MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY during the 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Black duck-- 
1961 and the 1962 hunting seasons 
( Bag estimates adjusted for response bias | 
1 
Species 
fae ee ee we ee ee ee eee ee eee ee 
eee 
Black X Mallard-----------------+--+---- 
eee ee 
American widgeon------------------------ 
Green-winged teal----------------------+ 
Blue-winged teal----------------------+- 
Shoveler---- 
Pintail----- 
Wood duck--- 
Divers: 
ee ee 
nee eee ee ee Bee eee ee eee ee 
——ee eee eee ee eee ee ee 
ee ee ee ee ee 
ee ee ee 
Greater sc@up-~------------------------- 
Lesser scaup 
Sede eet ed ee ee ee ee eer 
_ae eee ee eee eee ee ee eee ee eee 
ees eee be ee Re eee eee eee ee 
ween ee nee Re we ee ee wee eee eee 
ee ee ee ee ee ee 
Old squaw and eider--------------------- 
Common and red-breasted merganser------- 
Hooded merganser------------------------ 
Other and unknown-------------~--~------- 
Total? 
Retrieved----~------+--+-----+------------ 
Not retrieved--~-----------------+-+--~----+-- 
Ducks. kiPled<20-~+-0s-ses-5-- cee neancis 
Coots: 
Retrieved -~--------- n-ne ne nen nen nee nnn= 
Not retrieved---------------- 22 - Henne - 
Coots killed------------------8-52-------- 
854,000 
62,100 
4,000 
17,000 
40,200 
99,200 
141,200 
42,100 
17,800 
80,200 
108, 000 















1,746,200 
568,500 
1,024,900 
318,100 

2,314, 700 1,343,000 






72,600 
34,400 
80,600 
24 500 

107, 000 105,100 
1 
5 Species composition derived from the 1961 and 1962 duck wing surveys. 
Duck totals estimated to nearest thousand. 
67 
Percent 
change 
-52 
-30 
-38 
-63 
-30 
~50 
“BD 
oD 
-26 
-40 
+39 
+11 
-67 
+21 
+29 
-20 
-30 
+11 
-29 
-2 
