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Duck is the name common to all the web-footed birds constituting the Linnaean genus Anas, now raised into a sub-family Anatinae, and by some naturalists divided into two sub-families Anatinae and Fuligulinas, or land-ducks and sea-ducks. The ducks are very numerous as species, and are met with all over the world. They are often migratory, going northward in summer to their breeding-places. Their food is partly vegetable, partly animal.
The common mallard or wild-duck (Anas Boschas) is the original of the domestic duck. In its wild state the male is characterized by the deep green of the plumage, of the head and neck, by a white collar separating the green from the dark chestnut of the lower part of the neck, and by having the four middle feathers of the tail recurved.
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The gadwall (Anas strepera) is a greyish-brown, freshwater species of duck. It is common in North America, and rare in Britain. It is not so large as a mallard and has long pointed wings and a vigorous and rapid flight.
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The garganey or summer teal (Anas querquedula) is a small migrant duck closely related to the mallard, which visits Britain in the summer from Africa. The male has a reddish brown head with a broad white stripe over each eye. The breast plumage is brown, the remainder greyish.
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The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a British wild duck of the family Anatidae.
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HMS Mallard was a British Kingfisher Class patrol vessel of 530 tons displacement launched in 1936. She was armed with one four-inch anti-aircraft gun and eight smaller guns plus depth charges. Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers provided a top speed of 20 knots and she carried a complement of 60.
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Mallard is a city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA.
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