. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 88 142 Bulletin Collectively, the available criteria have convinced me that the specimen is indeed a Laysan Teal x Mandarin Duck hybrid. More recently, some possible hybrids came to my attention through an advertisement in the April, 1967 issue of the Game Bird Breeders, Avicul- turalists and Conservationists" Gazette, where two Wood Duck x Mandarin Duck hybrids were listed for sale by Norma J. Safford, of Swanzey, New Hampshire. According to her, the birds were among a total of four (the other two being apparently pure Wood Duck
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 88 142 Bulletin Collectively, the available criteria have convinced me that the specimen is indeed a Laysan Teal x Mandarin Duck hybrid. More recently, some possible hybrids came to my attention through an advertisement in the April, 1967 issue of the Game Bird Breeders, Avicul- turalists and Conservationists" Gazette, where two Wood Duck x Mandarin Duck hybrids were listed for sale by Norma J. Safford, of Swanzey, New Hampshire. According to her, the birds were among a total of four (the other two being apparently pure Wood Duck) that hatched from a large clutch of eggs laid in 1966 by a female Wood Duck mated to a male Mandarin. Three past years' attempts by this pair to produce offspring had never resulted in any young. I obtained these birds in November, Fig. 2. Specimen L-1 of probable Mandarin Duck x Wood Duck parentage. The photo was taken in March, 1968, after maximum development of the "sail" feather (see text). when they were over a year old and were moulting into a brighter, generally male-like, plumage (Fig. 2). Upon receiving these I contacted the American Museum of Natural History to inquire about the authenticity of an alleged Mandarin x Oldsquaw {Clangula hyemalis) that I had earlier noted as in their collection (Johnsgard, 1960). Dr. Lester Short, Jr. examined this specimen carefully and assured me that Aix was not involved in its parentage. However, he located a mounted specimen (no. 448985) of an apparent male hybrid between the Wood Duck and Mandarin Duck that had been received without data by the Museum in June of 1932. This. 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 : British Ornithologists' Club
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