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The bill and the feet, too, were also rather darker, and the 

 bird was altogether larger and more strongly built than the 

 ordinary Mallard. 



I can only suppose that it must have been a cross between 

 the half- wild Turkish ducks that live on the pond and the 

 perfectly wild Mallards that breed every year in the more 

 distant parts of the park. 



