anatid.t:. 



303 



1463. Skull. 0. C. 1271 a. Received In crelainge. 



146i. Sternum, with v\g\\\ coracoid, scapula, and f'urcula. S. S. 

 ^;"')(), J'inr/iaf<etl. 



Mareca americana. 



Alias americana, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. ii. p. 520 (1788). 

 Mareca americana, Baird, Brewer, & llidgway, Water-Birds X. 

 Amer. i p. 520 (1884). 



The American Wigeon. 



Hah. North America, south to Guatemala ami Cuba. Acci- 

 dental in Europe. 



1465. Sternum. Presented hy the Sm/thsoniaii I nst/hition. 



Genus SPATULA. 

 Boie, Isis, 1 822, p. 504. 



Spatula clypeata. 



Anas clypeata, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 200 (1700). 

 Spatula chjpeata. Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 497, pi. 425 (1873). 



The Common Shoveller. 



Hah. Europe and Asia, as well as North America. 



1466. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. From Nepal. 



Presented hy B. H. Hodgson, Es</. 



1467. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. S. S. 



852. Purchased. 



Spatula rhynchotis. 



Anas rJiyncJiotis, Latham, liid. Orn,, Suppl. p. Ixx (1801). 

 Spahda rhynchotis, Gould, Haudb. li. Austr. ii. p. 308 (1805). 



The Australian Shoveller. 



Hah. Australia and Tasmania. 



1468. Sternum of male, with right coracoid, scapnla, and fur- 



cula. From Clarence liiver, N. S. Wales ( A\ P. Ramsay). 

 S. S. ill 3. Presented hy P. L. Selatcr, Es</., F.R.S. 



