ANATID^E. 341 



Male. Female, 



in. tin. in. lin. 



Entire length 13 4 13 7 



Length of folded wing ...59 60 



tarsus 12 12 



middle toe ....16 16 



tail 2 11 30 . 



bill 1 7 1 7 



392. Spatula capensis (Smith). South-African Shoveller. 



Rhynchaspis capensis, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 98. 



Layard's Cat. No. 658. 



Spatula capensis, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10679. 



This Duck is comparatively scarce in Great Namaqua 

 and Damara Land ; but I have traced it as far north as 

 the river Okavango. 



The iris is lemon-yellow ; the bill deep reddish brown, 

 almost black ; the legs, toes, and webs are ochry yellow, 

 but the latter are dusky towards the extremities. 



393. Anas sparsa, Smith. White-spotted Duck. 



Anas sparsa, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 97. 

 Anas leucostigma, RiippelTs Syst. Uebers. pi. 48. 

 Anas sparsa, Layard's Cat. No. 654. 



Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 422. 



I have never seen this Duck in Damara Land, and 

 only on one or two occasions in Great Namaqua Land ; 

 but I have reason to think that it is less unfrequent 

 during the rainy season in some parts of the latter 

 country, chiefly along the southern course of the Great 

 Fish River and its tributaries. 



[I have not met with this species in Mr. Andersson's collections; 



