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feathers of the flanks bounded by a subapical white band, and a bluish 

 gray band at the tip; sides of the rump and under tail-coverts whitish, 

 with black spots; upper wing-coverts and outer scapulars bluish gray; 

 wing-speculum on the secondaries glossy green, bounded anteriorly by a 

 white band formed by the greater wing-coverts, and posteriorly by 

 another white band at the tip of the secondaries; primaries and tail- 

 feathers brown, the latter edged with whitish; under wing-coverts dark 

 gray, the central ones, like the axillars, white. Bill black, iris hazel; 

 legs, toes, and their membranes grayish brown. Length, about 406 ; wing, 

 197; tail, 70; culmen, 41; tarsus, 30. 



"Female. Upper parts dark brown, each feather with a pale margin ; 

 broad superciliary stripe whitish; a dusky band behind eyes; sides of 

 head and neck whitish, streaked with black; chin and throat white; 

 feathers of the lower fore neck blackish, with whitish edges; breast and 

 abdomen white; sides, vent, and under tail-coverts white, with brown- 

 black spots; wings grayish brown; a dull metallic green speculum, 

 bounded anteriorly and posteriorly by two white bands; under wing- 

 coverts brown, margined with white, the greater ones pure gray, the 

 central ones, like the axillars, white. Size smaller than that of the male. 



"Young in first plumage resemble the females, but are darker and 

 more suffused with rufous on the breast. 



" 'Adult males in molting plumage closely resemble adult females, but 

 are darker in color, and may be distinguished by the brighter alar 

 speculum.' (Seebohm.) 



" 'Downy nestling resembles that of the mallard, but it is smaller, and 

 has a broad unbroken buff streak above the eye, and a well-defined dark 

 streak through the eye.' (Yarrell.)" (Salvadori.) 



In immature plumage this species is likely to be confounded with 

 Netion crecca and must be determined with care. The adult males of the 

 two species are very different. 



Genus SPATULA Boie, 1822. 



This genus is characterized by the peculiar bill which is twice as wide 

 near the tip as at the base ; sides of upper mandible turned under near tip. 



163. SPATULA CLYPEAT A (Linnseus). 

 SHOVELER. 



Anas clypeata LINN^US, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 124. 



Spatula clypeata SALVADORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1895), 27, 306; BLAN- 

 FORD, Fauna Brit. India Bds. (1898), 4, 452, fig. 118 (head) ; SHARPE, 

 Hand-List (1899), 1, 221; GATES, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 177; 

 McGREocm'and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 38. 



Calayan (McGregor); Mindoro (McGregor)-, Luzon (McGregor, Worcester). 

 North America, Europe, and western Asia; wintering in Africa, Arabia, Persia, 

 Indian Peninsula, southern China, Hawaii, West Indies, and Central America to 

 Colombia. 



