MEXICAN SHOVELER. 



(Rhynchaspis Mexicana.) 



RH. supra nigro Julvo alboque varia subtus fulva, tectricibus 



alarum minoribus albis, macula alarum viridi-aured. 

 Shoveler varied above with black, fulvous, and white, beneath 



fulvous, with the lesser wing- coverts white, and a golden -green 



spot on the wing. 



Anas Mexicana. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 837. 

 Anas clypeata Mexicana. Brlss. Orn. 6. 337. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1.519. 



Yacapathahoac. Rail, Syn. 176. 

 Mexican Shoveler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 511. 



THIS species inhabits Mexico : it is less than the 

 Wild Duck : its beak is of a brownish-red : the head, 

 neck, and upper parts of the plumage are barred 

 alternately with fulvous, black, and white : the lesser 

 wing-coverts are white ; the greater ones farthest 

 from the body brown ; those nearest the body of a 

 beautiful green-gold, forming a spot or speculum of 

 that colour on the wing : quills brown : the belly, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts fulvous : the tail similar 

 to the upper parts of the plumage : the legs pale red. 



