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ANAS BOSCHAS. 
COMMON, OR WILD DUCK. 
Cinereous ; middle tail feathers (of the 
male) recurvate ; bill straight ; collar white. 
Anas Boschas, Lin. Gme. 
Canard sauvage, Buffon 
Wild Duck, Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont. 
Anas Domestica, Gme. 
Tame Duck, Lath. Bew. 
PROVINCIAL. 
ROUEN DUCK, HOOK BILLED 
DUCK, (varieties) STOCK DUCK. 
The male of this species which is com- 
monly called Mallard or Drake, measures 
twenty-three inches in length, and thirty- 
five in the expansion of its wings. The 
female or Duck is not so large as the other 
sex. 
The young males before moulting are 
like their female parent. 
