TABLE A-".--Waterfowl kill in Mississippi Flyway, seasons 1959-60 and 1960-61 
Species 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
American widgeon------------------------+ 
Shove ler---+------------------25-0---4-- 
Black duck’+s2ees<.s222-So coe eee 
Wood duckj-j---5252--222cnnn new ene ne nn nes 
Subtotal -----<--2025-2e nee wee nee ene nee 
Divers: 
Ring-necked duck------~----------------- 
Goldeneye-------~-------------------+---- 
Bufflehead------------+----------+------ 
Ruddy duck------------------------------ 
Subtotal-------------~--- e222 2 eee 
Miscellaneous: 
Saote ia a<s so sns nn coe en ancccsann ccesesene 
Merganser--------------~---------------- 
Subtotal------4 2-22-2222 n een ene en == 
Totals 
Retrieved.«~--...-.<2ensnneenenn eee ane 
Not retrieved-------------+.--------- 
Ducks killed---------+-----~-0.-------~+ 
Geese: 
Canada gooSe---------------------+-------- 
Snow gooSe------------------.-------+------ 
White-fronted goose-------------~+---+------ 
Blue gooSe---------=---------------------- 
Hutchinsts goose!---------~-.---«-------.- 
Total: 
Retrieved---------+-+-------5----------- 
Not retrieved----------«--------------- 
Geese ki lled--~-----««.—---—------+4--.-- 
Coot: 
Total: 
Retrieved--------2----- 22-4 == +--+ 
Not retrieved--~------.-.-------+-+----- 
Coot Id. lled-«-------~+.-----42-------+- 
1959-60 1960-61 




























120,455 125,893 
1,279,578 1,548,751 
59,990 83,569 
24,076 49,970 
21,100 27,349 
243,284 253,101 
240,228 253,528 
125,141 70,017 
141,047 173,779 
2,254,899 2,585,957 















322,896 240,444 
37,624 4,060 
29,805 4,085 
51,515 56,597 
24,320 23, 194 
22,774 14,232 
10,365 16,005 


499,299 358,617 



2,647 
30, 302 
1,033 
23,374 
9,463 





33,982 32,837 



2,788,180 
716, 160 
2,977,411 
778,213 




3,504,340 3,755,624 








140,421 
31,962 
114,773 
17,626 
15,165 5,650 
59,041 34,881 
5,060 
177,990 
34,532 

130, 606 256,019 
1 Estimate for 1960-61 considered unreliable; see page 2. 
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Percent change 
-25.5 
-89.2 
-86.3 
+9.9 
4.6 
-37.5 
+5424 
-28.2 
-22.9 
+816.1 . 
-3.4 
+6.8— 
+8.7 
+7.2 
-18,3 
44.9 
-62.7 
-40.9 
-27.8 
44.5 
-31.2 
+136.0 
+27.0 
+96.0 
