D'U C’K, 
Anas Bofchas, Jud. Orn. ii. p. 850. 49: 
Wild Duck, Gex. Syx. vi. p. 489. 43- 
T has been mentioned before, that this fpecies is found common 
in very many places. In India, about the neighbourhood of 
Cochin, it is called Tarava*: the flefh however is almoft unfit for 
food, as they chiefly live on Pilchards: on board a fhip therefore, 
thefe are kept a long time on different food before they are killed. 
An immenfe trade is carried on with them in the maritime towns of 
India, giving employment in particular to the Chriftians, Mahometans, 
and black Fews. Sir George Staunton + affirms, that the Wild Ducks 
are caught by the device of empty jars or gourds put over the heads 
of the divers, who wade for them upon the Wee-chaung-hoo Lake, in 
the manner we have before noticed =. The windpipe of the male of 
this fpecies differs from that of the female, by having a globular or 
labyrinthic caviry, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, juft 
before the entrance into the lungs; for the fhape of which, fee Lin. 
Tranfaé. voliv. p. 112. N° 17. tab. xiii. f. 10. whether the Hook-billed 
Duck is diftin®, or a variety only of the Mailard, remains to be de- 
termined; perhaps an accurate infpection and comparifon of the 
trachea may determine the point. 
- Anas marila, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 853.54. Male. 
Anas hyberna mas, Ger. Ora. v. t. 577° 
Scaup duck, Gen. Syn. vi, p, 500. 49. Male.—Lin. Tranf. vol.iv. p, 115. 
pl. xiv. fi 3. 4. 
Anas frenata, Muf- Carlf fafe.ii.t. 38. Femak. 
Le Canard brun, P/. Ex/. 1007. Female. 
Duck with a white circle of feathers round the bill, Ray’s Lesrers, p- 654 
(female. )—Lewin’s Birds, 7. pl. 250 *. 
T HE defcription of the male of this bird has been already 
given, which is known to vary in colour moft exceedingly 
® Bartolom. Voy. to the Eaft Indies, 8vo. Engl. ed. 
+ Embaff. to China, ii. p. 400. 1 Gen, Syn. vi. p. 492. 
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