2 es 6 
ner 
Fem. : brown, having the edges of all the feathers lighter ; wing 
as in the male. 
Spatula clypeata ....s..seeeveevee Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 115. 
ANAS CLYPCALA. <0..c0ccerercsoroee. Linn. Syst. 1. 200. 19. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 518. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 856. 
PACU CLYDCALE <.cevesc.ececcens Flem. Brit. An. 1238. 
Anas platyrhynchus .......00000. Rai, Syn. 144. 18. 
PMEROCUIOD irs; cache cite bie naatseeese's’ Penn. Arct. Zool. 2 N. 489. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 596. 
Red-breasted Shoveller ......... Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 597. 
Souchet ow le TOUge ....seceerevee Buff. Ois. 9. 191. 
ERPIRMALL oc esdac peeve. wake areateas Linn. Trans. vol. 4, tab. 13, 
Sig. 4, 5. 
Was found in the Deccan by Colonel Sykes: one specimen has 
been brought home by Dr. Smith from South Africa. Generally 
inhabits Asia, Europe, America, and North Africa; breeds in 
Holland, and has occasionally bred in Norfolk, laying twelve eggs; 
little, however, is known of its nidification. 
SPATULA CAPENSIS. 
Spat.—Brunneus; subtus singulis pennis lunula centrali, apiceque 
leviter ferrugineis. 
CAPE SHOVELLER. 
Brown shoveller; below with a lunule, and the tip of each feather 
light ferruginous. 
IN. IN. 
REIT. ave cu och cascuesse 224 LOE: Vole ctnige cones tooe 3 
MMI Salas cine y ohivieme t aiokt 3 Wide FOE 6. ces 24 
Head and neck light brown, minutely spotted with dark brown ; 
crown and slightly elongated feathers on the occiput darker; below 
dark sepia brown, each feather having its tip and a transverse lunule 
in the centre light brownish buff; the back brown, slightly glossed 
with greenish; greater quills and tail deep brown, the latter edged 
with lighter; secondaries with the outer webs metallic green; 
tertiaries with the outer webs blue; lesser wing coverts azure, the 
