MALLARD. 



132. Anas platyrhynchos. 23 in. 



Male with green head, brown breast and 

 blue speculum on the wing bordered with 

 white. Female streaked and mottled with 

 buff and brown but wings like those of the 

 male. 



Notes. A loud quacking. 



Nest. Of down in hollows on the ground. 

 Six to ten olive-green or buff eggs. 



Range. Breeds locally from the Arctic 

 Circle south to Md., Mo. and Cal. Winters 

 throughout the U. S. in favorable localities. 

 BLACK DUCK. 



133. Anas rubripes. 22 in. 



Sexes very similar in plumage. Blackish 

 with buffy margine to the feathers. Specu- 

 lum blue, with little or no white edging. 



Note. A loud quacking. 



Nest. Six to ten buff eggs. 



Range. Breeds north from Md., Wise, and 

 Ind. Winters along the Atlantic and Gulf 

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