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SPOON-BILLED DUCKS. 



2. CIIIiNAMON TEAL, Q. cyanoptera. Differs from 

 1 in having the speculum green, head, neck and lower parts 

 rich purplish-chestnut and the feet orange. Female differs 

 in having the upper part of throat unstreaked and the abdo- 

 men spotted distinctly. Western America, in N. A. west of 

 the Rocky Mountains, casual in the Mississippi Valley and 

 Fla. 



f. Spoon-billed Ducks. Spatula. 



Larger ducks with the bill greatly widened at tip. Wing 

 coverts, blue as in e. 



1. SHOVELLER, S. CLYPEATA. 20.00; bill, 2.50; spec- 

 ulum, green glossed with violet ; head and upper neck, green- 

 ish ; remainder of neck, breast, sides of back, and wing-band, 

 white: under parts, chestnut; under tail coverts, black ; bill, 

 black, iris, yellow ; feet, orange, fig. 148. Female, yellowish- 

 buff, streaked, spotted and banded, more prominently above, 

 with dusky. Northern hemisphere ; in N. A. breeds from 

 Texas to Alaska; nests, placed on the ground, eggs, 6 to 10, 

 greenish. Migrates south in Sep. and Oct. to winter in con- 

 siderable numbers from the Carolinas through the Gulf States . 

 Comes north in April ; uncommon on the Atlantic coast north 

 of the Carolinas. Occurs in small ponds both salt and fresh 

 in small flocks. Very unsuspicious. 



Fig. 148. 



Fig. 149. 



IV, B, f, 1. 1-10. 



