. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 254 Div. 1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS.—AYES. Class 2. Some have tlie tail pointed. Tlie Pintail Duck (A. acuta).—[A common winter visitant in Britain, highly esteemed for the table; the mala with a white mark down each side of the neck, meecing behind. It forms, with another, the needless division Vafila of Leach.] In others, the middle tail-feathers are more or less curled upwards ; as, The Common or Mallard Duck (A. boscfias, Lin.); known by its orange f
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 254 Div. 1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS.—AYES. Class 2. Some have tlie tail pointed. Tlie Pintail Duck (A. acuta).—[A common winter visitant in Britain, highly esteemed for the table; the mala with a white mark down each side of the neck, meecing behind. It forms, with another, the needless division Vafila of Leach.] In others, the middle tail-feathers are more or less curled upwards ; as, The Common or Mallard Duck (A. boscfias, Lin.); known by its orange feet, greenish-yellow bill, the fine changeable green of its neck, separated from the dark maronne colour of its breast by a white ring, &c. In our poultry-yards, it varies like other domestic animals. Tlie wild bird, common in our marshes, nestles among the rushes, in old trunks of willows, nnd sometimes upon trees. Its trachea terminates below with a great osseous capsule. Some of them have a crested head, and a hill rather naiTOwer anteriorly, and which, though foreign, are now raised in all our aviaries. [They have smaller feet, perch readily on trees, and surpass all the rest of the tribe in the splendour of their colours. They constitute the Dcndronessa, Swainson]. Such is the Mandarin Duck {A. galericulata) of China, and the Summer Duck {A. sponsa) of North America. Tlieir capsules are rounded, and of moderate size. Other exotic species conjoin to the hill of the Ducks, legs which are even longer than those of the Geese: they perch and nestle upon trees. [These are the long-legged Whistling Ducks of the West Indies, which pertain to the major division of ShieU diakes, and form the subgenus Dendrocygnus.'\ One of the number has even semipalmated toes. Lastly, among those which have no particular characteristic, the following visit our shores during the winter. The Gadwall Xy\xc\i {A. strepera, Lin.), mostly of a lineated grey colour, with some rufous on the wings;
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