A NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 THE DUCKS 



BY 



JOHN C. PHILLIPS 



ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF BIRDS IN THE MUSEUM 

 OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY AT HAEVAED COLLEGE 



WITH PLATES IN COLOR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE 

 FROM DRAWINGS BY 



FRANK W. BENSON, ALLAN BROOKS 



AND 



LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES 



VOLUME I 

 PLECTROPTEMNM, DENDROCYGNINM, ANATINM (m past) 



BOSTON AND NEW YORK 



HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 



SCtie Kiueretoe press Cambrtlijje 

 1922 



