Note 3064 — BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
A species of duck, Cuvier thinks. from Aristophanes we learn that they were common in the markets of Athens. Cuvier suggests that it may, have been the Anas galericulata of Linnæus, the Chinese teal, which the Parthians may have received from the countries lying to the east of them.