78 SHOVELER. 



SHOVELER. 



BROAD BILL. BLUE-WINGED SHOVELER. 



COMMON SHOVELER. 

 RED-BREASTED SHOVELER. SHOVELER DUCK. 



PLATE CXC. FIGURE I. 



Anas clypeata, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Spaihulea clypeata, FLEMING. SELBY 



Rhyncaspis clypeata, GOULD. 



THE nest of this species, built beside rivers, lakes, 

 and other waters, or in watery places, appears to 

 be made of grass, commingled with down from the 

 bird itself. In some cases the bare earth or sand is 

 scarcely covered with any materials ; in others, a tuft 

 of grass is laid in. After the female has begun to sit, 

 she covers the eggs with down plucked from her own 

 body. 



The eggs are as many as eight, nine, ten, or twelve 

 in number. They are of a buff white colour, with a 

 tinge of green. 



Incubation lasts three weeks. The young leave 

 the nest almost immediately after being hatched, and 

 repair with their mother to the water. 



These birds bred in the year 1854, in the Gardens 

 of the Zoological Society, London. 



