The Black Duck in California
Journal
Condor
Volume
13
Issue
4 (July-August)
Year
1911
Pages
138
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
The Black Duck in California
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California is the recipient of a specimen of the Black Duck (Anas rubripes). It is evidently a female, though the sex was not recorded from dissection, and is excellently mounted. It was transmitted to the Museum by Mr. Vernon Shepherd, a taxidermist of San Francisco, who received the bird from a hunter by the name of Spooner, who shot it at Willows, Glenn County, California, February 1, 1911. The specimen is No. 17198 of the Museum's department of birds.
