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Sltu A.Mii.v AXATIX.E. Rivkr Ducks 



Ducks having hind toe without membranous lobe 

 or flap. 



Genus ANAS Linn. 



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(Kem.ile.) (Male.) 



ANAS BOSCHAS. /./>///. 

 Mallard. 



.h///// Jiialc : 1 lead and neck dark green with a white ring on tlie neck : under i)ai 

 or ashy wliite : breast is rich chestnut brown : under tail coverts ])lack : upper tail c 

 also l)lack with centralfeathers elongated and curved upwards: speculum purple 

 with black and white ; feet orange red. 



Adult female : Speculum purple bordered with black and white : head brownish 1 

 buffy brown, usually mottled : feet are red. 

 kength. 23 : Wing. 10.50 : Bill. 2.20. 



This specie.s inhabits the northern part of the Northern Ilemisjih 

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

 America and is not imconnnon in Northern Florida. I have killed 



■ts whitish 

 verts are 

 bordered 



)uff : bellv 



ere. It 

 Central 

 a nnni- 



