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many ; is abundant in Holland ; breeds regularly in the 

 marshes of France ; and the Zoological Society have re- 

 ceived it from Oporto. It is seen on its passage about 

 Genoa and in Italy twice in every year, in the spring and 

 again in November ; is found at Corfu, Sicily, and Malta, 

 during the winter, and frequents the northern parts of 

 Africa, is called in consequence the Barbary Shoveler ; and 

 specimens have been brought from South Africa by Dr. 

 Andrew Smith. Mr. Strickland observed this species at 

 Smyrna in winter ; Messrs. Dickson and Ross sent the 

 Zoological Society specimens from Erzeroum ; and the 

 naturalists of the Russian expedition found it on the shores 

 of the Caspian Sea. The Shoveler has been found in the 

 north-western parts of India. Colonel Sykes includes it 

 among the Birds of the Dukhun ; it is found in Nepal, and 

 about Calcutta; and M. Temminck says that examples 

 from Japan exactly agree with the specimens taken in 

 Europe. The Shoveler is found in the United States, in 

 North America, and at Hudson's Bay ; and interesting 

 accounts will be found in the works of Audubon, "Wilson, 

 Nuttall, and Sir John Richardson. 



In the adult male the beak is lead colour, dilated on 

 each side towards the tip ; the irides yellow ; the whole 

 of the head and the upper part of the neck green ; lower 

 part of the neck, the inter-scapulars, scapulars, and some 

 of the tertials, white ; middle of the back dark brown, the 

 feathers having lighter-coloured margins ; the point of 

 the wing, the lesser wing-coverts, and outer web of some 

 of the tertials, pale blue ; greater wing-coverts white ; 

 primaries dark brown, almost black ; the secondaries the 

 same, but the speculum green ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and tail-feathers, almost black ; breast, and all the belly 

 rich chestnut brown ; thighs freckled with dark brown, 

 on a ground of lighter pale brown ; the vent white ; under 



