NEW HOLLAND SHOVELER. 



(Rhynchaspis Rhynchotis.) 



RH. tectricibus alarum cteruleis, corpore griseo, crisso nigro, pe 



dibus pallidis. 

 Shoveler with the wing- coverts blue, the body grey, the vent 



black, the legs pale. 



Anas Rhynchotis. Lath. Ind. Orn. App. Ixx. 

 New Holland Shoveler. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 359. 



THE size of the Common Shoveler : about eighteen 

 or nineteen inches in length : the general colour of 

 the plumage resembles that of the Blue-winged Teal, 

 but it is in general darker, and is destitute of the 

 white crescent observed behind the eye of the male 

 of that bird : the vent is black, with several spots of 

 that colour contiguous thereto : the legs pale flesh- 

 colour. The female differs in not having the vent 

 black. Inhabits New Holland. 



SOFT-BILLED SHOVELER. 



(Rhynchaspis malacorhynchos.) 



RH. cceruleo-cinerea , rostri apice flexili membranaceo, vertice 



viridi-cinereo, alarum macula transversa alba. 

 Ashy-blue Shoveler with the tip of the beak flexible and mem- 



branaceous, the crown ashy-green, and a transverse white spot 



on the wing. 

 Anas malacorhynchos. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 526. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 862. 

 Soft-billed Duck. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 6. 522. 



