GADWALL  , a word of obscure origin,' the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• ENGLISH

English name of the See also:

• DUCK

duck, called by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus Anas sire pera, but considered by many See also:

• MODERN

modern ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas to that of Chaulelasmus or Ctenorhynchus, of either of which it is almost the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• SPECIES

species . Its See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution is almost identical with that of the common See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild duck or mallard (see DUCK), since it is found over the greater See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere; but, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where it is one of the most abundant species of duck during the See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, it is hardly anywhere so numerous, and both in the eastern parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States and in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands it is rather rare than otherwise . Its habits also, so far as they have been observed, greatly resemble those of the wild duck; but its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• WATER

water is very different, its small See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat back, elongated See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and elevated stern rendering it recognizable by the See also:

• FOWLER, CHARLES (1792-1867)
• FOWLER, EDWARD (1632-1714)
• FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864)
• FOWLER, SIR JOHN (1817-1898)
• FOWLER, WILLIAM (c. 156o-1614)

fowler even at such a distance as hinders him from seeing its very distinct plumage . In coloration the two sexes appear almost equally sombre; but on closer inspection the See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

drake exhibits a pencilled See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey coloration and upper wing-coverts of a deep See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut, which are almost wanting in his soberly clad partner . She closely resembles the See also:

• FEMALE

female of the mallard in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, but has, like her own male, some of the secondary quills of a pure See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, presenting a patch of that colour which forms one of the most readily perceived distinctive characters of the species . The gadwall is a See also:

• BIRD

bird of some See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, since it is one of the few that have been induced, by the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection afforded them in certain localities, to resume the indigenous position they once filled, but had, through the draining and reclaiming of marshy lands, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long since abandoned . In regard to the See also:

• PRESENT

present species, this fact was due to the efforts of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Fountaine, on whose See also:

• PROPERTY

property, in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk and its immediate neighbourhood, the gadwall, from 1850, annually bred in increasing See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers . It has been always esteemed one of the best of wild See also:

• FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl for the table . (A .