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green, with central markings of deep buff; feet dull 

 yellow. 



Female without the white patch on the sides of 

 the head ; throat white ; lower parts greyish-brown, 

 the feathers spotted with darker; upper parts 

 blackish-brown, the feathers margined with bluish- 

 white and pale buff; smaller wing-coverts blue; 

 speculum green ; secondary coverts the same as 

 those of the male ; length fourteen inches, wing 

 seven inches and a half. 



This species greatly resembles the last. 



SPOONBILL. 



Shoveller. 

 Anas Clypeata, Wils. 



Specific Character. Bill brownish-black, about 

 three inches in length, near the end it is more than 

 twice as broad as it is at the base ; much rounded 

 and closely pectinated, the size of the upper mandi- 

 ble at the base having the appearance of a fine- 

 toothed comb. Adult male with the head and the 

 neck for about half its length glossy green, with purple 

 reflections ; lower part of the neck and upper part 

 of the breast white ; rest of the lower plumage deep 

 chestnut-brown, excepting the lower tail-coverts and 

 a band across the vent, which is black, some of the 

 feathers partly green ; flanks brownish-yellow pen- 

 cilled with black and blackish-brown ; inner second- 

 aries dark green with terminal spot of white ; outer 



