17. MAL- 
LARD. 
coy 
MALLARD. Crass I. 
u + 

Anas Bosclias A. nerea, rec Einheimische ent. Stone ent. an 
tricibus intermediis (maris) _ Kram. 341, ih. ne i 
s recurvatis, ‘rostro recto tor-— - Anitra, Anitra salvatica, CL, 
"que e alba. Lath. Ind. orn. sone. Zine m. 105, 106. 
— 850. id. Syn. vi. 489. id: - Anas ‘boschas. eS 
te 



‘Sup. il. 351. . ee: tica. Gm- Lit I 5 38. 0 
Les Canards et les Chines: Be-  Gras-and, ‘Blanacke . Faun. 
i 78 tae eet 
lon av. 160. 308 Sy Suec. Sp- IBY * “et W ate 
Anas domestica. Gesner a. «Fera, | Norvegis” ‘Blaachals- We 
113, 96. S Gres-And, aliis ‘StokdA nd. ee 
_ Anas fera torquata minor. - Danis wae Beomich, 
Descrir- 
TION. 



_ Aldr. av. iii. 83, 85. 87. : 
Common wild Duck and Mal- _ Domestica, D 
lard. Common tame Buck. ibid. 88. ame bat ty hy : Wa 
Wil. orn. 371, 380. _ Wilde Ente. Frisch, | - 
Raii Syn. av. 145, 150. Femina, 159. ne eh het 
Le Canard domestique, i Cas Miu: Scapoli, No. WY: ar 
nard sauvage — Brisson av. _ Br. Zool. 155. a Zool. ii. 
vi. 308, 318. Hist. Pois. ix. 6. 287, 22 Les : ee eh 
115. Pl. Enl. 778; "77. rs ; as Pek S 
are 
Turn mallard usually cae two pounds : and 
an half; the length is twenty-three inches 5 
breadth thirty-five. The bill is of a Pe isis 





shining green; more than half round the lowe | 
part of the neck is an incomplete circle GE 5). 
white; the upper part of the breast is of a _ 
eetich: red, and the beginning of the bac 
the same color; the breast and belly of 
grey, marked with transverse speckled I 
