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green, with central markings of deep buff; feet dull 
yellow. 
Female without the white patch on the sides of 
the head; throat white; lower parts greyish-brown, 
the feathers spotted with darker; upper parts 
blackish-brown, the feathers margined with bluish- 
white and pale buff; smaller wing-coverts blue; 
speculum green; secondary coverts the same as 
those of the male; length fourteen inches, wing 
seven inches and a half. 
This species greatly resembles the last. 
«a 
SPOONBILL. 
Shoveller. 
Anas Clypeata, Wils. 
Specific Character.—Bill brownish-black, about 
three inches in length, near the end it is more than 
twice as broad asit is at the base; much rounded 
and closely pectinated, the size of the upper mandi- 
ble at the base having the appearance of a fine- 
toothed comb. Adult male with the head and the 
neck for about half its length glossy green, with purple 
reflections; lower part of the neck and upper part 
of the breast white; rest of the lower plumage deep 
chestnut-brown, excepting the lower tail-coverts and 
a band across the vent, which is black, some of the 
feathers partly green; flanks brownish-yellow pen- 
cilled with black and blackish-brown ; inner second- 
aries dark green with terminal spot of white; outer 
