Crossword-Solution: ANATIDAE 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Macgillivray, W., on the vocal organs of birds; on the Egyptian goose; on the habits of woodpeckers; on the habits of the snipe; on the whitethroat; on the moulting of the snipes; on the moulting of the Anatidae; on the finding of new mates by magpies; on the pairing of a blackbird and thrush; on pied ravens; on the guillemots; on the colours of the tits; on the immature plumage of birds.

Yarrel, W., on the habits of the Cyprinidae; on Raia clavata; on the characters of the male salmon during the breeding season; on the characters of the rays; on the gemmeous dragonet; on colours of salmon; on the spawning of the salmon; on the incubation of the Lophobranchii; on rivalry in song-birds; on the trachea of the swan; on the moulting of the Anatidae; on the young of the waders.

The species of _sub_-wader, with a stout upturned beak, is a true Grallator, yet is not always about water, but often in the driest places; the genus has a flight strongly resembling that of certain Anatidae.

Swimming birds speckled the surface; various species of _Anatidae_--swans, geese, and ducks,--while the air was filled with flights of gulls and curlews, or was cut by the strong whistling wings of the mallards.

The _Anatidae_ may be at once divided into six more or less well marked subfamilies--(1) the _Cygninae_ or swans, (2) the _Anserinae_ or geese--which are each very distinct, (3) the _Anatinae_ or freshwater-ducks, (4) those commonly called _Fuligulinae_ or sea-ducks, (5) the _Erismaturinae_ or spiny-tailed ducks, and (6) the _Merginae_ or mergansers.