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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Anas obscura. 



Spatula clypeata (male). 



Length. 20; Wing, 9.50; Bill, 2.70; Tarsus, 1.50. 

 Bill very much broadened ; head dark ])luish 

 green ; feet orange red ; speculum green, tipped 

 with white. 



Length, 10.50 ; Wing, 9.50 : Bill, 2.60; Tarsus. 1.50. 

 Head brown ; general plumage mottled and 

 streaked brown and buff; bill very broad; feet 

 orange red ; speculum green, tipped with white. 



Hind toe without membranous lobe or flap. 

 Length under 17.50; wing under 8.50. 



Spatula clypeata (male). 

 Shoveller. Broad=bill. 



See page 90 



Spatula clypeata (female). 

 Shoveller. See page 91 



Length, lO; Wing, 7.25 ; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill. 1.60. A 

 patch on the wing pale blue ; head and neck 

 not chestnut; speculum green. Anas discors. 



Blue^winged Teal. See page cSy 



