Article Nº 2772 Taxonomic group Vol. III · p. 92
Wild ducks
Original title: Patos Bravos
Wild ducks: migratory waterfowl reaching Madeira and Porto Santo mostly in winter, with a list of the species recorded.
Under this name are known in Madeira and Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) a number of web-footed birds that arrive here, chiefly in winter and more or less regularly. They are: anas boscas, Mareca penelope, Nettion crecca, Dafila acuta, Marmaronetta angustirostris, Nyroca ferina and Oedemia nigra.
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