AVES ANATID^. 4-77 



of the species north of the equator, and they seem by far the larger ele- 

 ment, make an annual journey to the north, returning again to winter 

 quarters north of the equator, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern 

 regions of the United States. 



"A specimen of a most beautiful species of teal was this day shot by 

 one of the officers of the 'Spiteful,' and very kindly presented to me by 

 him. This was the Querquedula cyauoptera, and the only example of the 

 species ever seen by us in the Strait. Captain King, who briefly described 

 it under the name of A^ias Rafflcsii, gives the 'Strait of Magalhaens and 

 western coast to Chiloe ' as localities where the species occurs, but does 

 not state whether he often met with it, and it had never been previously 

 observed by the governor of Sandy Point, to whom I exhibited it." (Nat. 

 Hist, Strait of Magellan, Cunningham, p. 215. Gregory Bay, Straits of 

 Magellan, May 10.) 



"Male: Talcahuano, September 10, 1879. Iris yellow; bill black; legs 

 and feet yellow; males dark. 



"Male: Talcahuano, September, 1879. Eyes yellow; bill black; legs 

 yellow. 



"Female: Talcahuano, September 22, 1879. Eyes brown; bill dark, 

 with gray patches; legs light brown." (Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 14.) 



Genus SPATULA Boie. 



Type. 



Spatula, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564; Salvador!, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus. XXVII. p. 306 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-list Bds. I. p. 



221 (1899) ......... S. clypeata. 



Rhynchaspis, Leach, MS.; Steph. Gen. Zool. XII. 2, p. 114 



(1824) ......... S. clypeata. 



Spatulea, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 123 (1828) . . . . S. clypeata. 



Clypeata (subgen.). Less. Man. d'Orn. II. p. 416 (1828) . S. clypeata. 



Clypeata, "Boie," Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 997 . . . S. clypeata. 



Anas, Sw^ (nee Linn.) Faun. Bor.-Am. II. p. 439 (1831) . S. clypeata. 



Geographical Range. — Throughout the world. 



Spatula platalea (Vieillot). 

 Pato espatula, Azara, Apunt. III. p. 427 (1805: Buenos Aires). 

 Anas platalea, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. V. p. 157 (1816: ex Azara); 



