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the naturalists of the Russian expedition found it on the 

 shores of the Caspian Sea. Colonel Sykes includes it among 

 the Birds of India ; and M. Temminck says that examples 

 from Japan exactly agree with the specimens taken in 

 Europe. The Shoveler is found in the United States, in 

 North America, and at Hudson's Bay ; and interesting 

 accounts will be found in the works of Audubon, Wilson, 

 Nuttall, and Dr. Richardson. 



In the adult male the beak is lead colour, dilated on each 

 side towards the tip ; the irides yellow ; the whole of the 

 head and the upper part of the neck green ; lower part of 

 the neck, the inter-scapulars, scapulars, and some of the 

 tertials white ; middle of the back dark brown, the feathers 

 having lighter-coloured margins ; the point of the wing, the 

 lesser wing-coverts, and outer web of some of the tertials, 

 pale blue ; greater wing-coverts white ; primaries dark brown, 

 almost black ; the secondaries the same, but the specvduni 

 green ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers, almost 

 black ; breast, and all the belly rich chestnut brown ; thighs 

 freckled Avith dark brown, on a ground of lighter pale brown ; 

 the vent white ; under tail-coverts black ; legs, toes, and 

 their membranes, reddish-orange ; the nails black. 



The whole length about twenty inches. From the carpal 

 joint to the end of the Aving ten inches ; the second quill- 

 feather the longest. 



Adult males in summer change the green colour of the 

 head and neck to broAvn, spotted with very dark brown ; 

 back and scapulars dusky ; breast and belly ferruginous, 

 spotted with black ; legs orange. 



Females have the head and neck mottled with two shades 

 of brown ; the feathers on the upper surface of the body 

 darker brown in the centre, with light brown edges and tips ; 

 under surface of the body pale brown. 



Youn"' males at first resemble females, chanifincf bv slow 



