. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Glyn Young 227 1991 111(4) TABLE 1 Morphometries (mm) of Anas melleri Sex n Range Mean SD Phillips (1922) Culmen Wing Tarsus 3 240-260 38-45 58 Delacour (1956) Culmen Wing Tarsus 9 9 58-62 52-58 245-260 241-253 42-45 BMNH Culmen 3 7 57-62 9 5 JWPT Culmen r? 25 9 26 54-60 Wing rT 25 245-269 9 21 240-256 Tarsus rf 20 9 15 Average weights (g) c? 19 883-1240 (see text) 9 21 TABLE 2 He
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Glyn Young 227 1991 111(4) TABLE 1 Morphometries (mm) of Anas melleri Sex n Range Mean SD Phillips (1922) Culmen Wing Tarsus 3 240-260 38-45 58 Delacour (1956) Culmen Wing Tarsus 9 9 58-62 52-58 245-260 241-253 42-45 BMNH Culmen 3 7 57-62 9 5 JWPT Culmen r? 25 9 26 54-60 Wing rT 25 245-269 9 21 240-256 Tarsus rf 20 9 15 Average weights (g) c? 19 883-1240 (see text) 9 21 TABLE 2 Head and bill length (mm) of Anas melleri Sex Range Mean SD BMNH JWPT 7 5 20 20 123 131 113-118 118-127 111-116 Figure 2. Length of head and bill of Meller's Duck Anas melleri. central pair appearing prominent. The female even at rest may hold her tail feathers loosely, giving a jagged appearance. Male A. melleri are generally larger than females but overlaps are seen in all previously recorded dimensions (see Table 1). No weights have previously been published. The weights of captive birds show a great seasonal range, so those given in Table 1 are based on average weights for individual 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 British Ornithologists' Club. London : The Club
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