294 SHOVELLER. 



ly with circular touches of white; evidently a young male in 

 its imperfect plumage. 



The female has the crown of a dusky brown; rest of the head 

 and neck yellowish white, thickly spotted with dark brown; 

 these spots on the breast become larger, and crescent-shaped; 

 back and scapulars dark brown, edged and centered with yel- 

 low ochre; belly slightly rufous, mixed with white; wing nearly 

 as in the male. 



On dissection the labyrinth in the windpipe of the male was 

 found to be small; the trachea itself seven inches long; the in- 

 testines nine feet nine inches in length, and about the thickness 

 of a crow quill. 



