SPATULA. 



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Ind. ii. p. 682, No, 1385. Tadorna vulpanser {Fleming), Jerd., B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 794; Murray^ Hdbk., ZooL, §'c., Sind, p. 235. — The Shelldrake or 

 Burrow Duck. 



Head, sides of the face, chin, throat, and about one-half of the neck all 

 round deep black, with glossy green reflections ; below this the neck all round 

 is white, as are also the back, wing coverts, rump, upper tail coverts and tail, 

 the latter tipped with black ; a broad band of ferruginous or orange chestnut 

 across the breast, meeting above on the foreback ; under surface white, except 

 a mesial band in the middle of the abdomen ; primaries black ; greater coverts 

 forming the speculum, and outer webs of the secondaries glossy golden 

 green; upper secondaries chestnut on their outer webs; tertiaries and scapulars 

 black ; bill blood-red, with a knob at the base of the upper mandible ; nail 

 black ; bill deep red ; irides brown ; legs fleshy red. 



Length. — 23-25 inches ; wing 12 to I3'5; tail 475 to 5*5 ; tarsus 2 to 2-3. 

 Females average 20 to 22 inches in length, and are much duller in 

 colour. 



Hab. — Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, E. Turkestan, Punjab, 

 N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Kutch and Kattiawar Coast. Except in large 

 lakes, the Shelldrake is only found on the sea-coast in the neighbourhood of 

 the sea, which is its proper home. 



Sub-Family, ANATIN^. 



Hind toe small, not bordered by a membrane ; bill even in width throughout, 

 or wider at the tip ; lamellas numerous, fine and bristly. 



Gen. Spatula,— -^^zV. 

 Bill longer than the head, narrow at the base, broad at the tip, shovel-like ; 

 nail small; lamellae fine and bristly. 



Spatula clypeata. The Shoveller. 



223. Spatula clypeata {Linn.), Bodd. Tab. p. E. pp. 971 972; 

 Gould, B. Eiiv. pi. 300 ; Jcid , B. Ind. iii. p. 796 ; Sir. F. iv.p. \^^; Murray, 



