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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Anas obscura. 



Spatula clypeata (male). 



Length. 20; Wing. 950; Bill. 2.70; Tarsus. 1.50. 

 Bill very much broadened ; head dark bluish 

 green ; feet orange red ; speculum green, tipped 

 with white. 



Lengtli. 19.50; Wing. 9.50 ; Bill. 2.60 : Tarsus. 1.50. 

 Head brown ; general plumage mottled and 

 streaked brown and buff: bill very broad: feet 

 orange red ; speculum green, tipped with white. 



Hind toe without membranous lobe or flap. 

 Length under 17.50; wing under 8.50. 



Spatula clypeata (male). 

 Shoveller. Broad=bill. 



See page 222 



Spatula clypeata (female). 

 Shoveller. See page 2: 



Length, 16; Wing, 7.25 ; Tarsus. 1.25: 15111. 1.60. .\ 

 patch on the wing pale blue : head and neck 

 not chestnut; speculum green. 



Anas discors. 

 Blue=winged Teal. See page 221 



