Bulge AcE Ew CNXIV. 
ree S Bb OS CH A S: 
MALLARD. 
ANSERES. 
Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 
the bafe, fwelled at the apex. Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 
webbed or finned. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill convex above, flat beneath, fwelled at the apex, with mem- 
branous teeth. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Afh colour, middle tail feathers of the male.recurved. Bill ftrait. 
An incomplete white collar on the front of the neck. 
Anas Boscuas cinerea, re€tricibus intermediis (maris) recurva- 
tis, roftro recto, torque alba. Lin. Syft. Nat.— 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 850. 49. 
Anas domeftica. Gefner av. 113. 96. 
3 KA Common 
