si, 



WILD DUCK. 



(Anas Boschas.) 



AN. cincrea, rectricibus intermediis marts recurvatis, torque albo. 

 Ash-coloured Duck with the intermediate tail-feathers of the 



male recurved, the neck with a white ring. 

 Anas Boschas. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 205. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



538. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 850. 

 Anas fera. Briss. Orn. 6. 318. 

 Canard sauvage. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 115. pi 7, 8. Buff: 



PI. Enl. 776, 777. Temm. man. d'Orn. 537. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 



835. 



Le Canard ordinaire. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 537. 

 Wild Duck, or Mallard. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 279. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. 2. 494. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 489. Alb. 2. pi. IQ. Wale. 



Syn. 1. pi. 79. Don. Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 124. Lenin. Brit. 



Birds, 7. pi. 246. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Beu>. Brit. 



Birds, 2. 327 '. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 351. Lath. Linn. Trans. 



iv. 1 1 2. pi. 13. f. 10. (trachea.) Wils. Amer. Orn. viii. p. 1 12. 



pi. xc.yi 7. male. Bing. Anim. Biog. ii. 336. 

 VARIETY, a. Anas domestica. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 206. Rail, 



Syn. 150. Briss. Orn. 6. 308. 

 Boschas major. Briss. Orn. 6. 326. A. 

 Boschas major grisea. Briss. Orn. 6. 326. 

 Boschas major naevia. Briss. Orn. 6. 327. 

 Tame Duck. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 99. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 494. 



Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 333. 

 VARIETY, b. Anas adunca. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 206. Gmel. 



Syst. Nat. 1 . 538. 



Anas rostro incurvo. Briss. Orn. 6. 311. Raii, Syn. 150. 

 Hook-billed Duck. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 96, 97. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



6. 495. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. Beio. Brit. Birds, 2. 338. 



ABOUT twenty-two inches in length : the beak is 

 greenish-yellow : the irides reddish-brown : the head 



