37. SPATULA. 



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tail-fenthcrs whitish, with brown marks : beak olive-brown, base of 

 the maxilla and the entire mandible orange ; irides hazel-brown ; 

 feet dull orange. 



Male in first plumarie resembles the female, but the wings are 

 brighter coloured ; bill pale reddish brown ; legs and feet flesh- 

 colour. 



Males in their first nujiticd pluinar/e have the white of the breast 

 with a few dark crescentic bands, the lower bell)* with dark bar.s, 

 and the rich black of the under tail-coverts mottled with chestnut 

 and white. 



AdaJt male in inouUinij plumarie maybe distinguished from the 

 adult female by the greater brilliancy of the blue and metallic 

 green on the wing, the plain dark upper tail-coverts, and the 

 general darker colour of the entire plumage; the crown is dark 

 brown. 



Yuunr/ in down resemble those of the Wigeou in having the upper 

 parts almost uniform, with indistinct pale spots, but they possess 

 the dark brown stripe through the eye as in the young MaUard. 

 The bill is not widened at the tip, but it grows very rapidly. 



Hah. Northern hemisphere, breeding as far north as lat. 68° : 

 from the Palaearctic region in winter extends in Africa as far south 

 as Casamance on the West, and Somali-land on the East ; and in Asia 

 as far as Arabia, Persia, India, Ceylon, Formosa, Southern China, 

 and Japan ; in America as far as Colombia and the West Indies. 



a,b. c? 2 ad. st. 



c. 2 ^^- St. 



d. 2 jiiv. sk. 



e,f. 6 2 ad. St. 



ff-l. (S 2 ad. et 

 juv. sk. et St. 

 7n. cJ ad. St. 



n. .Tuv. sk. 



0. cJ ad. st. 



2h 9- S 2 ad. sk. 



r-v. (S lul. et c? 2 



juv. sk. 

 n: (S imin. sk. 



r. )/, z. 2 !id- et 



«'. cJ imni. sk. 



b'. S ad. sk. 



c'. c? ad. .sk. 

 (l. 2 ad. sk. 



Great Britain. 

 Great Britain. 

 Loch Lomond, Scotland, Aug. 



Merton, Norfolk, May. 



Lincolnshire. 



Essex. 



Aldebiirgh, Suffolk, Aug. 



Somersetshire. 

 Chi-istchurch, Hants. 



Poole Harbom-, Dec., Jan., Feb. 



Arcliangel, June. 



lliddensee, Germany, June, 



Nov. 

 HungaiT, Sept. 



Galicia. 



Sardinia, March (G. E. S.). 

 Eiiboea, Greek Archipelago, 

 Feb. 



Purchased. 



The Duke of Mont- 

 rose [P.]. 

 Lord Walsingham 



Cr.]. 



Montagu Coll. 



Theo. Fisher, Esq. 



Theo. Fisher, Esq. 



Montagu Coll. 

 Barou A. von Hiigel 



[P.]. 

 Baron A. von Iliiarel 



[P.]. 

 Baron A. von Hiigel 



[P.]. 

 Baron A. von Hiigel 



Hungarian National 



Museum [P.l 

 Baron A. von Hiigel 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 



