OF NORTH AMERICA. 19 
About the same size as the Blue-wing; bill 
black; feet orange; eyes orange in male, 
brown in female and young. 
Habitat — Rocky Mountains, north to Ore- 
gon. A South American variety, rarely found 
outside the above limits. 
i¢. SHOVELLER. SHOVEL—BILE. 
Spatula clypeata. 
Broad-bill; although this latter name is 
more often applied to the Ruddy duck. Back 
of male black, with each feather tipped with 
a lighter color. Head dark glossy green; 
breast white; belly chestnut-brown with a 
purple shade; shoulders blue; wing spot 
ereen, bordered with white; tips blackish; 
a white spot at each side of the tail; bill 
brown, and broad at the tip, which is twice as 
large as at the base; feet and legs red; eyes 
reddish-yellow. The female and young males 
are of a soft brown color, shaded with lighter, 
