IN. SENG 
Tieng th. siccsceesoaeeses yo BO WU BLS cicny Casetsentle 1} 
Fe Baer nM ge ea 2 3-10ths Middle toe ......... 21-10th ~ 
We have considerable doubts as to the validity of this species. 
The marks of distinction between it and R. Ahynchotis are the 
following: the nail on the bill is broader, the flattened space between 
the nostrils and behind them is also broader; the whole body is of a 
lighter colour, and spotted in the centre of each feather with round 
dots; the white spot behind the thighs is similar, but the admeasure- 
ments slightly differ. We suspect that this bird will eventually turn 
out to be the female of Rhynchotis; and that the birds we have — 
described as female and young of that bird will turn out to be both 
-young males. 
Spatula MAculatus ...ccsceesreeee Gould in Jard. and Selb. 
Illus. Orn. p. 147. 
Mr. Gould received his bird from South America; ours was 
received from New Holland. 
SPATULA CLYPEATA. 
Spat. Mas.—Capite colloque viridibus; ptilis czruleis. 
Spat. Fem.—Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 
COMMON SHOVELLER. 
Male shoveller, with the head and neck green; the wing coverts 3 
blue. 
Fem. shoveller, brown, with the margins of the feathers lighter. 
IN. IN. 
HEPRGER. Sida. acetone OOO LGB Hsia etseet avn oet 3 
HSU coins aig dutysve's cus aan os’ 23 Middle toe ...0...000.- 2 
Male: head and neck glossy metallic green ; throat black; breast, 
smaller scapulars, and greater wing coverts white; larger scapulars— 
and lesser wing coverts blue, the former with a light stripe down the | 
centre of each feather; speculum green ; quills and tail brown; the 
outer tail feathers elongated, pointed ; below chestnut; bill fuscous 
red. 
