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SUB-FAMILY V 



AXATIN.E. 



The River Ducks. 



Gen. Chaeac— Bill lengthened, more or less broad, depressed towards the 

 tip, which is furnished with a hard nail, and the inner portions of the lateral 

 margins more or less lamellated ; the tarsi compressed, and generally the 

 length of the inner toe ; the hind toe lengthened, and slightly bordered witli 

 a membranous lobe from the base to the tip. 









FlG. 196. — THE WILD DUCK. 



[Anas Buschas.) 



The birds composing tliis sub-family are too well 

 known to need description. 



The most beautiful of the race is — 



The Chinese Teal, or Mandarin Duck (Aix galericu- 

 lata), than which, when the male is in full nui)tial dress, 

 a more magnificently-clothed species can hardly be found. 

 These birds are natives of China, where they are held in 

 such esteem that they are scarcely ol>tainable at any price. 



