The Jacksonians considered the Second Bank of the United States to be an illegitimate corporation whose charter violated state sovereignty, posing an implicit threat to the agriculture-based economy dependent upon the Southern states' widely practiced institution of slavery.
1 A male duck is called a drake, a female is called a duck. 2  Babies are called ducklings. 3  Ducks are related to geese and swans. 4  The duck is the smallest of them all and have shorter necks and wings and a stout body.
Male mallard, Sweden 2016. The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black speculum feathers which commonly also include iridescent blue feathers especially among males.