306 ANATID^. 



s'. 2 imm. sk. Straits of Magellan. Capt. King [C.]. 



t', u'. S 2 ad. sk. Falkland Is., August. Gould Coll. 



«', w'. 2 ad. et Falkland Is. Tweeddale CoU. 

 cJ juT. sk. 



37. SPATULA. 



Type. 



Spatula, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564 S. clypeata. 



Ilh\jicha.STj)ia, Leach, MSS.; Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 114 



(1824) S. clvpeata. 



Spatulea, Fle)7i. Brit. Anim. p. 123 (1828) S. ch-peata. 



Clypeata (subgen.), Lexs. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 416 (1828) . . S. clypeata. 



Clypeata, " Boie," Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 S. clypeata. 



Anas, Sw. {rwc Linn.) Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 439 (1831). S. clypeata. 



Range. Cosmopolitan. 



Ki'n to tlie Species. 



a. Longer scapulars with a white band along the 



central part ; abdomen deep chestnut. 

 a' . Head and upper portion of the neck deep 



glossy gi-eeu clypeata o , p. 306. 



v. Head and upper portion of the neck bluish 



lead-colour, with a white crescentic baud 



between the base of the bill and the eyes, 



extending to the throat rhynchotis cJ, p. 314. 



c'. Head and neck light rufescent, minutely 



dotted with black platalea ^ , p. 316. 



b. Longer scapulars dark blue-gi-een, more bluish 



on the outer web, with no white band 

 along the central part ; abdomen with no 

 chestnut colour capensis S , p. 318, 



1. Spatula clypeata. 



The Shoveler. 



Anas americanus lato rostro, Catesb. Carol, i. t. 96 ( 2 ) (1754). 



Anas fera sive Boschas mexicana, Briss. Orn. Vi. p. 327, n. 5 (1760) 

 (ex Hernayidez). 



Anas clypeata, Briss. Oi-n. \i. p. 329, n. 6, tab. xxxii. f. 1 (1760). 



Anas clypeata mexicana, Briss. op. cit. p. 337, n. 7 (1760) (e.r Hern.). 



Anas clypeata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 200, n. 19 (1766) : Scoj). A?m. I. 

 Hist.' Nat. u. 70 (1769) ; id. Bemei-k. Naturg. p. 63 (1770) ; Gm. 

 S. N. i. p. 518, n. 19 (1788) ; Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 85U, n. 60 

 (1790) ; Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 150 (1791) ; Lath. Tr. Linn. Soc. 

 iv. p. 109, pi. xiii. ff. 4, 5 (trachea) (1798) ; Illig. Prodr. p. 276 

 (1811) ; Pall. Zoogr. Bosso-As. ii. p. 282 (1811) ; Wils. Am. Orn. 

 viii. p. 65, pi. 67. f. 7 (1814) ; Temm. Man. Orn. p. 543 (1815) ; 

 rieilL K. D. v. p. 155 (1816) ; L)t(7n. Diet. Sc. Kat. vi. p. 370 

 (1817) ; Te7)im. op. cit. 2nd ed. ii. p. 842 (1820) : Brehm, Lehrb. Eur. 

 T'og. ii. p. 788 (1823) ; Licht. Verz. Boubl p. 84 (Egypt, Nubia) 

 (1823) ; Bp. Obs. Wilson, n. 255 (1825) ; id. Syn. p. ^82 (1828) ; 

 Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 416(1828); Licht. Preis-Verz. mexic. 

 Vog. p. 3 (]830); Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 532 (Mexico); Stv. ^ 

 Rich. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 439 (1831) ; Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 632 



