TABLE A-14.--Total bags of ducks, by species, and coots and total non- 
retrieved ducks and coots in the ATLANTIC FLYWAY during the 
1961 and the 1962 hunting seasons 
{ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias ] 














1 Percent 
Species 1961 1962 change 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard~------------ 2-2 ee en nn nee nee +10 
Black duck----------------~---------------- +11 
Black X Mallard---------------------------- -8 
Mottled and Florida duck------------------- -45 
Gadwall----------------++---~------------+++ +82 
American widgeon--------------------------- 3 
Green-winged teal-------------------------- -11 
Blue-winged teal---------------------.---.- -2h 
Shoveler---------------------------~------- +13 
Pintail------------------------------------ -1 
Wood duck---------------------------.~------ -6 
Divers: 
Redhead - ----+------------ 2 n-ne nn nner en n- -50 
Canvasback--------------------------------- a 
Greater scaup------------------------------ +107 
lesser scaup-------------------------+------ -7 
Ring-necked duck--------------------------- -T 
Goldeneye---------------------------------- +8 
Bufflehead--------------------------------- +19 
Ruddy duck---~----------------.---~--------- +61 
Miscellaneous: 
Scoter -------------------------- ~~ - +--+ -]2 
Qld squaw and eider------------------------ +00 
Common and red-breasted merganser---------- +800 
Hooded merganser------+~---+------------------ +36 
Others and unknown--------------+.~---------- -4a 
Total:? 
Retrieved~---------------+-------------------- 764, 300 43 
Not retrieved 191,200 -16 
Ducks killed----------------------------~----- 955,500 2 
Coots: 
Retrieved-~----------------------------------- 37,900 +33 
Not retrieved 11,100 -2h 
Coots killed---------------------------.----- 49, 000 +14 
; Species composition derived from the 1961 and 1962 duck wing surveys. 
Duck totals estimated to nearest thousand. 
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