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^Pelican Wild Duck, or Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos). Of all our num- erous wild ducks this is the best known. It is about twenty-three inches long. Its bottle- green head, white col- lar, chestnut breast, penciled sides, and curled-up tail feathers Wild Duck or Mallard ^^^^u. identify it. The female ■^ is streaky brown and gray. It is found in all parts of the continent, up to the edge "' ^Je forest. This is the wild duck from which tame ducks are ^^WJiM Ducky or Summer Duck {Aix sponsa). This beautiful duck is about eighteen inches long. Its head is beautifully variegated, bottle-green and white. Its eye is red, its breast