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ANATIDjE. 



Genus SPATULA, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564. 



Spatula = any thing broad like a spoon, spatha. 



Spatula clypeata. SHOVELEER. 

 If Anas clypeata, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p.jBOO (1766). 



Rhynchaspis clypeata, Macg. v. p. 74. 



Anas clypeata, Naum. xi. p. 747 ; Hewitson, p. 400 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 242 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 247; Harting, p. 62. 

 Spatula clypeata, Gray, p. 197 ; Gould, v. pi. 14 ; Dresser, 



vi. p. 497. 

 The Shoveler, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 147. 



Clypeata = armed with a shield, clypeus or clipeus ; from its white shield-like 

 gorget. 



The Shoveller breeds in some districts of Great Britain, and 

 occurs in tolerable abundance from autumn to spring in other 

 parts of the United Kingdom. It inhabits the Palsearctic, 

 the northern portion of the Ethiopian, and the Nearctic Re- 

 gions, migrating southwards in winter to India, Australia, 

 and Colombia. 



Genus FULIGULA, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii. 

 pt. 2, p. 187 (1824). 



Fuligula, for fulicula, diminutive offulix or Fulica, q. v. 



Fuligula ruflna. RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 

 Anas rufina, Pallas, Reise, ii. App. p. 713. no. 28 (1773). 



Ay thy a rufina, Macg. v. p. 109. 



Anas rufina, Naum. xii. p. 7. 



Branta rufina, Gray, p. 198 ; Gould, v. pi. 22. 



Fuligula rufina, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 327; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 329; 



Harting, p. 159 ; Dresser, vi. p. 559. 

 The Red-crested Whistling Duck, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 229. 



Rufina, apparently an adjectival form from rufus = red. 



A rare winter visitant to the eastern and southern waters 

 of England, once obtained in Ireland, and once in Scotland. 

 It inhabits the temperate and southern portions of the Palse- 

 arctic Region, and is a winter visitant to India. 



