112. THE WILD DUCK. 



Anas boscas, LINNAEUS. 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 



inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 

 Axillaries pure white. 

 Speculum metallic purple between two 



double bands of black and white. 

 Bill of equal width throughout. 



MALE : -Head and neck metallic green or 

 purple ; under tail-coverts black. 



FEMALE : Head and neck streaked with 

 black and fulvous ; under tail-coverts 

 fulvous streaked with brown. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Nilsir, Niroji, 

 Upper India ; Lilgah, Lilg (male), 

 Lilgahi, Lilge (female), Nepal. 



THE Wild Duck or Mallard is a resident 

 species in Kashmir and probably in other 

 parts of the Himalayas. It is a winter 

 visitor to the plains, being extremely 

 abundant in the Western Punjab and Sind 

 and comparatively rare in other parts, 

 but extending considerably to the south. 



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