Class II. RED BREASTED SHOVELER. 597 



thofe in the middle black, edged with white : the 

 belly is of a bay color : the vent feathers black : 

 the legs red. The female has the fame marks in 

 the wings as the male, but the colors are lefs 

 bright : the reft of the plumage refembles that of 

 the common wild duck. 



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E are indebted to Mr. Bolton for the defcrip- 2 8i. Red 



tion of this bird, who informed us that it J REASTED 



Shoveler, 

 was fometimes taken in the decoys in Lincoln/hire. 



It is the fize of a common duck. The bill Descrip. 



large, broad, ferrated at the fides, and entirely of 



a brownifh yellow color: the head large: eyesfmall: 



irides yellow: the bread and throat of a reddilh 



brown, the latter paler, but both quite free from 



any fpots. The back is brown, growing paler 



towards the fides. The tips and pinions of the 



wings grey : the quil- feathers brown ; the reft of 



a greyifh brown : the fpeculum or fpot purple, 



edged with white : in the female, the fpot is blue, 



and all the other colors are fainter. The tail is 



fhort and white : the vent feathers of a bright 



brown, fpotted with darker : the legs fhort and 



ilender : the feet fmall, of a reddifh brown color, 



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