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Mallard
Anas boschas, Linnaeus [now Anas platyrhynchos]
Octavo edition, plate 385
“See how they leap from the water to bend the loaded tops of the tall reeds. Woe be to the slug or snail that comes in their way!”
John James Audubon, Birds of America (New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844), vol. 6, p. 238.
View bird in National Audubon Society Field Guide for North American Birds.
