The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata here as Aix galerita) is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm (16–19 in) long with a 65–75 cm (26–30 in) wingspan. from the book ' Animal portraiture ' by Richard Lydekker, and illustrated by Wilhelm Kuhnert, Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912

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