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CITIZEN BIRD 



The Mallard 



Length twenty-two to twenty-four inches. 



Male : head and part of neck shining dark green, with a white 

 ring ; back gray and black ; tail light gray, with two curly black 

 feathers on top ; mirror rich purple with a black and white border. 



Under parts rich chestnut 



wavy black lines on the belly. 



on the breast, gray with 

 and black under the tail. 



Bill greenish ; eyes 

 brown ; feet orange. 

 Female : like the Black 

 Duck, but not so dark- 

 colored, with more buff 

 and tan markings, and 

 the beauty-spot just the 

 same as the Drake's. 



Bill blotched 

 w4th black and 

 orange. 



A Citizen of 

 North America and 

 many other parts 

 of the world. This 

 is the AVild Duck that has been domesticated and produced all 

 kinds of tame ducks except the one called the Muscovy. Most 

 of the domestic varieties you see in the barnyard look like the wild 

 ones, but some are pure white. They can all sleep standing on one 

 leg, with the head turned around so far that the bill points back- 

 ward as it rests on the bird's back. 



Mallard. 



The Pintail 



Length up to thirty inches, though the body is not larger than 

 a Mallard's ; but the neck is longer, and the two middle feathers of 

 the tail are from five to nine inches long ; these are slender and 

 sharp, whence the name Pintail. 



Male : head and neck dark-colored, with a long w^iite stripe 

 lengthwise on each side. Back and sides finely waved with black 

 and gray. Breast and belly pure white. Feathers under the tail 



