918 ANATIDZE. 
bill, which widens out towards the tip, so that it is twice as broad at the apex 
as at the base; they also have the upper wing-coverts of a clear greyish-blue colour. 
Four species of Spatu/a are known, three of which belong to the southern 
areas of the globe—S. rhynchotis inhabiting Australia and New Zealand, S. platalea 
South America, and S. capensis South Africa. The common Shoveler (8. elypeata) is 
found in the Palearctic and Nearctic Regions, and extends its range in winter to 
Central America. 
/ 1. Spatula clypeata. 
Anas clypeata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 200°; Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 532°; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. 
Vég. p. iii (1830) *; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 59‘. 
Spatula clypeata, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231°; P. Z. 8S. 1876, p. 396°; Scl. P. Z. 8S. 1862, 
p. 207; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 378°; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314°; 
Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 526"; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. 
pp- 187", 829"; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33%; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 
2nd ed. p. 51; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 306”. 
Rhynchaspis clypeata, Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 143 °°. 
Supra saturate brunnea; uropygio et supracaudalibus nigris viridi nitentibus; interscapulii lateribus et 
scapularibus brevioribus albis, his longioribus nigris viridi lavatis et medialiter albis, externe pallide 
grisescenti-cyaneis ; tectricibus alarum quoque grisescenti-cyaneis, majoribus nigricantibus, in dimidio 
apicali albis, fasciam alarem latam formantibus, tectricibus primariorum et remigibus saturate brunneis, 
secundariis extus saturate viridibus, speculum alarem exhibentibus; secundariis intimis nigris viridi 
nitentibus; capite et collo superiore saturate nitenti-viridibus ; pileo, gula et prapectore nigricantibus ; 
collo imo et pectore summo albis; pectore reliquo et abdomine castaneis; corporis lateribus, hypo- 
chondriis et crisso fere cinnamomeis, nigro transversim lineatis ; crissi lateribus conspicue albis ; 
subcaudalibus nigris, viridi nitentibus; subalaribus et axillaribus albis ; rectricibus medianis brunneis, 
reliquis albis brunneo medialiter marmoratis : rostro plumbeo ; pedibus rufescenti-aurantiacis ; iride 
flava. Long. tota circa 20°0, ale 10°0, caude 3:7, culm. 2:75, tarsi 1-4. (Descr. maris adulti ex 
Brownsville, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 
3g in ptilosi vera estwa femine adulte similis, sed tectricibus alarum griseo-cyaneis, uropygio et 
supracaudalibus nigris distinguenda. 
Q@. Supra brunnea, plumis singulis fulvo fasciatis et marginatis; pileo nigricante arenario, fwlvo striolato ; 
capitis lateribus et collo pallide fulvis, nigro crebre striolatis et punctatis; gutture immaculato ; 
preepectore et pectore summo, corporis lateribus et hypochondriis fulvis, nigro circulariter notatis ; corpore 
reliquo subtus rufescenti-fulvo, plumis medialiter celatim nigris; subcaudalibus albicantibus, nigro 
maculatis; alis ut in mari coloratis, sed sordidioribus, tectricibus alarum cyanescentibus, brunneo 
adumbratis et angustissime fulvo marginatis; scapularibus externe brunneis: rostro olivascenti- 
brunneo, maxille basi et mandibula tota aurantiavis ; pedibus sordide aurantiacis ; iride corylina. 
Long. tota circa 18:5, ale 8°8, caude 3:7, culm, 2°3, tarsi 1-25. (Descr. femine adult ex Duefias. Mus. 
nostr.) 
3 juv. femine adulte similis, sed alis letius picturatis: rostro pallide rufescenti-brunneo ; pedibus 
carneis. 
Hab. Nortn America, breeding from Alaska to Texas, not abundant on the Atlantic 
coast north of the Carolinas }4—Mexico® (Wagler?, Deppe & Schiede?+), 
San Diego, Sonora (Rodinette'*), Guaymas (Palmer®), Mazatlan (Grayson °), 
Presidio (Forrer 15), Zacatecas (fichardson»), Guanajuato, Guadalajara (Dugeés 15), 
