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SECTION B.—Walking or Perching Ducks, with outer toe shorter 
than the middle, hind toe with narrow lobe or none and bill about 
as long as shank (p.. 63). 
I. Size very small, less than Pigeon, bill an inch lono— 
Cotton Teal (p. 74). = 
2. Size larger, quills short and not showing in closed wing. 
Plumage mostly chestnut, with cream bar above tail— 
Large Whistler (p. 66). 
Plumage mostly dun, with maroon bar above tail— 
Small Whistler (p. 65). 
3. Size large, wings long-quilled, tips of quills showing plain- 
ly inclosed wing. 
Plumage chestnut, with black-and-white wings— 
Brahminy (p. 69). 
Plumage white and black, with red or fleshy bill and feet—— 
Sheldrake (p. 70). j 
4. Wings dark, body mostly white— 
Comb Duck (p. 72). 
5. Billshort, small and French-grey or blue— 
Wigeon (p. 78). 
6. Tips of quills showing plainly inclosed wing, silver-grey 
on outer web, steel-blue or inner—- rie 
Mandarin Duck (p. 76). 
SECTION C.—Orvdinary surface-feeding Ducks, with outer toe 
shorter than middle, hind toe with narrow lobe, bill markedly 
longer than shank (p. 81). 
1. Bill very long, twice as broad at tip as root— 
Shoveller (p. 88). 
2. Bill ordinary, tail long and pointed— 
Pintail (p. 90). 
3. Biull and tail ordinary, wing nine inches or over. 
Wing-bar French-grey— 
Wood-duck (p. 83). 
Wing-bar fawn— 
Pink-head (p. 84). 
Wing-bar metallic green, with a white border and long white 
splash above— ‘ 
Spotted-bili (p. 94). 
Wing-bar steel-blue, outside of inner quills of wing tipped 
white— 
Yellow-nib (p. 96). 
Wing-bar steel-blue, with white borders only — 
Mallard (p. 92). 
Wing-bar white— 
Gadwall (p. 98). 
