Rig, 
TABLE A-15.--Total bags, by species, and crippling losses of geese in the 
ATLANTIC FLYWAY during the 1961 and 1962 hunting seasons 
[ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias ] 


Percent 
1 
Species change 











Geese: 
Canada goose-------------4------.-----.---- 
American brant-----.----------.--.--.------ 
Others and unknown-------------.--.-.--.--- 
(*) 
(*) 
Totals: 
Retrieved------------+.--+---.----22-6- 
Not retrieved-------------------------- 
-13 
Geese killed-----------..----.~-..--.-4 
Percentage changes in species bag omitted: 1962 species estimates derived from 
the Bureau’s goose tail survey, 1961 estimates from mail questionnaire reports. 
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