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gui$hes the Mallard, and substituted a 
more dull, and less elegant form and 
appearence in their stead. Many of them 
are cloathed in nearly the same plumage 
as the wild ones ; others vary greatly from 
them, as well as from each other, and 
may be said to be marked with almost all 
colours ; but all the males (as has been 
before observed) still retain the unvarying 
mark of their wild original, in the curled 
feathers of the tail. 
Daniel's observes that the neck of the 
Wild Duck is more slender, the foot smaller, 
the nails more black, and the webs of the 
foot finer, than the same parts of the Tame 
Duck. 
We have given the head and neck of the 
Hook billed variety, (see plate). 
