Anas boscas. 
1876. 
Gb , 24. 
Mr,Joyce tells me that he usually hears of about 
half a dozen Mallards being shot in Plymouth County,Mass, 
each season, usually in September, Tv/enty years ago 
they were nearly as common as the Black Duck, but 
since that time have been gradually and steadily dimin¬ 
ishing in numbers. 
