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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Length, 20; Wing, 950; Bill, 2.70; Tarsus, 1.50. 

 Bill very much broadened ; head dark bluish 

 green ; feet orange red ; speculum green, tipped 

 with white. 



Length, 19.50; Wing, 9.50 ; Bill, 2.60; Tarsus, 1.50. 

 Head brown ; general plumage mottled and 

 streaked brown and buff : bill very broad : feet 

 orange red; speculum green, tipped with white. 



Hind toe without membranous lobe or flap. 

 Length under 17.50; wing under 8.50. 



Spatula clypeata (male). 

 Shoveller. Broad=bill. 



See page 222 



Spatula clypeata (female). 

 Shoveller. See page 223 



Length, 16; Wing, 7.25 ; Tarsus, 1.25: Bill. 1.60. A 

 patch on the wing pale blue ; head and neck 

 not chestnut; speculum green. 



Anas discors. 

 Blue-winged Teal. 



See page 221 



