. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 402 CITIZEN BIRD The Mallard Length twenty-two to twenty-foLir inches. Male: head and part of neck shining dark green, with a white ring; back gray and black; tail light gray, with two curly black feathers on top; mirror rich purple with a black and white border. Under parts rich chestnut on the breast, gray with wavy black lines on the belly, ^^Jk ^i"^^ black under the tail. Bill greenish ; eyes brown; feet orange. Female : like the Black Duck, but not so dark- \ ^i^VI^ ISiiMiifiy iiMniiiiBnil^^Milr colored, wit
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 402 CITIZEN BIRD The Mallard Length twenty-two to twenty-foLir inches. Male: head and part of neck shining dark green, with a white ring; back gray and black; tail light gray, with two curly black feathers on top; mirror rich purple with a black and white border. Under parts rich chestnut on the breast, gray with wavy black lines on the belly, ^^Jk ^i"^^ black under the tail. Bill greenish ; eyes brown; feet orange. Female : like the Black Duck, but not so dark- \ ^i^VI^ ISiiMiifiy iiMniiiiBnil^^Milr colored, with more buff and tan markings, and. the beauty-spot just the same as the Drake's. Bill blotched .--"' with black and orange. A Citizen of North America and many other parts of the world. This is the Wild Duck that has been domesticated and produced all kinds of tame ducks except the one called the jNIuscovy. IMost of the domestic varieties you see in the bainyard look like the wild ones, but some are pure white. They can all sleep standing on one leg, with the head turned around so far that the bill points back- ward as it rests on the bird's back. Mallard. The Pintail Length up to thirty inches, though the body is not larger than a Mallard's ; but the neck is longer, and the two middle feathers of the tail are from five to nine inches long; these are slender and sharp, whence the name Pintail. Male : head and neck dark-colored, with a long white stripe lengthwise on each side. Back and sides finely Avaved with black and gray. Breast and belly pure white. Feathers under the tail. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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