310 ANATID^. 



Ihis, 1867, p. 388 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 316 ; Saund. Ibis, 1871, 



p. 396 (S. Spain) ; Shelley, B. of Eyifpt, p. 285 (1872) ; Tacz. J.f. O. 



1873, p. 110, 1874, p. 337 ; id. Om. Vost. Sihir. p. 20 (1877) ; id. 



Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1877, p. 46, 1883, p. 343 ; i?«rf(Ze, Ornis Caucus. 



p. 458 (1884). 

 Rhynchaspis mexicana, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 118 (1824). 

 Spatulea clypeata, Flem. Biit. Anini. p. 123 (1828). 

 Clypeata macrorhyncLos, Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 ; id. Vog. Deutschl. 



p. 876 (1831). 

 Clypeata platvrhynchos, Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 ; id. Vog. Deutschl. 



p. 877 (1831)._ 

 Clypeata pomarina, Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 ; id. Vog. Detitschl. 



p. 879 (1831). 

 Clypeata brachvrhTnclius, Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 ; id. Vog. 



Deutschl. p. 878 (1831). 

 Ehynchaspis virescens. Leach MSS.,Jide Sykcs, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 168, 



n. 217 (Dulihnn). 

 RbyncLaspis niacrorhynclios, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 377 (1855). 

 Ehynchaspis platyrhynchos, Brehm, Voijelf. p. 378 (1855) ; id. Nau- 



munnia, 1855, p. 298. 

 Rhyncliaspis pomarina, Brehm, Naumamiia, 1855, p. 298. 

 Rhynchaspis brachyrliynchos, Brehm, ibid. 

 Rliynchaspis platyuros, Brehm, ibid. 

 Rhynchaspis clypeata a. mexicana, B2). Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 650 



(1856). 

 Anas (Rhynchaspis) clypeata, Schrenck, Beis. Amurl. i. p. 481 



(1860) ; Radde, Beis. S. O.-Sibir. ii. p. 373 (1863). 

 Rhynchaspis spathulata, C. F. Duh. PI. Col. Ois. Belg. iii. p. 27(> 



(1860). 

 Rhyuchasmus (!) clypeata, Koenig, J.f. O. 1893, p. 104. 



Adult male. Head and upper part of the neck dark glossy green ; 

 lower neck, breast, and the anterior scapulars white ; middle of the 

 back dark brown, the feathers with pale edges ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts black glossed with green ; lower breast and abdomen 

 rich chestnut ; flanks, vent, and thighs paler, freckled with brown ; 

 under tail-coverts black, glossed with green ; a white patch on the 

 lower flanks at the base of the tail ; upper -wing-coverts and the 

 outer web of two of the longer scapulars pale blue ; remainder of 

 the scapulars black, all with a broad silky white stripe along the 

 middle ; last row of the wing-coverts tipped with white, forming a 

 band, which borders anteriorly the glossy green wihg-speculum : 

 the tip of the secondaries and the primaries brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white ; tail mostly white, freckled with 

 brown-grey, the central feathers brown, edged with white : irides 

 yellow ; bill lead-colour ; feet reddish orange. Total length about 

 20 inches, wing 10-25, tail 3-75, culmen 2-75, tarsus 1*4. 



Female. General colour of the upper parts brown, each feather 

 with a broad reddish margin ; throat reddish immaculate ; feathers 

 of the back and scapulars with reddish bars, more or less cres- 

 centic ; underparts reddish bufl', each feather brown in the central 

 part, especially those of the breast and flanks ; under tail-coverts 

 lighter ; the wings resemble those of the male, except that the blue 

 on the wing-coverts is very dull, and the S23eculum not so glossy ; 



