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18. TADORNA. SHIELDRAKE. 



A. rostrofono, fronte compressa, capite nigro-vires- 

 cente, corpore albo varieyato. Lath. 



The bill is red, the nail and nostrils black, turned 

 a little upward, with a tubercle at the base ; the 

 head and upper part of the neck are fine bottle 

 green, the feathers forming a sort of crest on the 

 back of the neck the lower part of the neck and 

 back are white ; the breast and shoulders are orange ; 

 the belly is white, divided by a black line ; the tail- 

 feathers are white, tipped with black ; the legs are 

 pale red. 



Length about 2 feet, weight 2lb lOoz. 



The female is less, and not so brilliant in her 

 plumage. 



She builds in holes on the sea-shore, and forms 

 her nest of the down plucked from her breast : the 

 eggs are 12 to 16, roundish, white. 



The labyrinth is long, and of equal dimensions; 

 above the divarication are two roundish bladders. 



19. CLYPEATA. } 



RUBENS, Syn. VSHOVELER. 



MUSCARIA, Lix. VAR.J. * 



A. rostri exlremo dilatato rotundato, ungue incurvo. 

 Lath. 



The bill is 3 inches long, black and rounded at 



