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that from Austnilia there is a very close resemblance in the color- 

 ation of the wing to certain species of Qtunjiadidd (e. g. diKcors 

 and cijanoptira); while in the Australian species {S. rJiyiiclintis) 

 this curious analogy is carried still faj'ther, tlie coloration of 

 the head, including the white crescentic bar across the Umcs, 

 being almost exactly as in Q. dlncurs. 



Spatilla clypeata (Linn.) 



Popular synonyms. Spoon-bill; Shovol-bill; Broady; Bultor Duck; Cow-frotr (North 

 Carolinii); Mud-shoveller (Florida). 



Anas dupenla Linn. S. N. ed. 1«. i.I75S. 124: cd. 12. i, 1766, 200.— Wils. Am. Orn.viii. l.«U. 6."i. 



pi. 07, flg, 7.— Sw. & Rich. F. B.-A. ii. 1831, 43S.— Nutt. Jl.in. ii, 1831. 375.— AUD. Orn. 



Biog. Iv, 1838. 211. pl..'i27; Synop. 1830, 2S3; B. Am. vi, 1843,293. pi. 391. 

 Spatula clypeata Boiz. Isis, 1822, 561.— Baied, B. N. Am. 18i8, 781; Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59. 



No.583.—CoUES, Key, 1872, 288; Check List. 1873, No. 498; 2d cd. 188], No. 718; B.N. W. 



1874. 570.— Hessb. Zool. Wheeler's Exp. 1875. 478.— Ridgw. Orn. 40th Par. 1877. (i24 ; Nom. 



N. Am. B. 1881. No. 608; Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 97.— B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. i. 1884, 



.52«.— A. O. U, Check List. 18.86, No. 142. 

 Anas ruhens Gmel. S. N. i, ii, 1788, 419. 

 ? Anas rnexicana Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 857. 

 Clupeata mairorhyncliOK, ptatyrhynchos, pomarina, bfachyrhunchos, Bkehm. Vnp. 



Deutschl. 876.877,878,879. 



Had. The whole of the Northern Hemi-pherc; in North America, breeding from Texas 

 to Alaska; winto; ing as far south as Guatemala, Cuba, and Jamaica; Australia. 



Sp. Chab. Adult male, in wintfir: Head and neck dark metallic bluish green, much 

 duller than in ,4nii.'; hosclias; chest and outer scapulars white, the former somelinns 

 spotted with dusky; entire abdomen and sides uniform chestnut; crissum dark metallic 

 bluisli green, bounded anteriorly by a band of finely waved grayish white. Back and inner 

 scapulars dusky, the feathers sometime? bordered with white; longer lanceolate scapulars 

 marked with a mesial lanceolate stripe of white; wing-coverts light grayish blue, the la,st 

 row tipped with white, forming a narrow band across the wing; speculum bright metallic 

 green, very narrowly tipped with white; tertials du.sky black, with faint green roilcctions, 

 and marked toward the end with an indistinct mesial stripe of grayish while; iirlmaries 

 and their coverts dull slate-gray; rump and upper tail-coverts black, the former with faint, 

 the latter with bright, green rellections; rectricos chiefly grayish white, the middle ones 

 dark gray, edged with white. Bill deep black; iris bright yellow; logs and feet beautiful 

 orange-red. Adult female: Wings as in the male, but colors rather duller. Other parts 

 grayish brown above, varied with brownish white; brownish white below, the head and 

 neck streaked, the breast, abdomen, etc., spotted with grayNh brown. Bill brown, man- 

 dible orange; iris yellow and feet orange-red, as in the mah'. Vnuug male: Similar to 

 the adult female, but lower parts (always?) tinged with ehostnut. Ydunu female: Similar 

 to the adult, but wing-covert.4 dull slate, with little, if any. blue tinge, the speculum dusky, 

 with a very faint green retlectlon, and rather broadly tipped with brownish white. Downy 

 youno: Above, grayish brown, with a brownish white spot on each side of the back, and 

 a corresponding pair on the rump; piloMm darker than the l)(\ck and nape: head (e.\oopt 

 plleum) and entire lower parts pale grayish fulvous, or dirty grayish buHy white, shailcd 

 with brownish gray across the chest; a narrow stripe of dark brown from the miper angle 

 of the base of the bill to the oye, and continuud posteriorly about half way to tbo occiput; 



