KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Subfamily ANATIN^. River Ducks 



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Ducks having hind toe without membranous lobe 

 or flap. 



Genus ANAS Linn. 



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(Female.) (Male.) 



ANAS BOSCHAS. Linn. 

 Mallard. 



Adult male : Head and neck dark green with a white ring on the neck ; under parts whitish 

 or ashy white ; lireast is rich chestnut brown ; under tail coverts black ; upper tail coverts are 

 also black with central feathers elongated and curved upwards ; speculum purple bordered 

 with black and white ; feet orange red. 



Adult female : Speculum purple bordered with black and white ; head brownish buff : belly 

 buffy brown, usually mottled ; feet are red. 

 Length, 23 ; Wing, 10.50: Bill, 2.20. 



This species inhabits the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere. It 

 breeds far northward and ranges in winter to the West Indies and Central 

 America and is not uncommon in Nortliern Florida. I have killed a num- 



