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Genus SPATULA, Boie. 

 Spatula clypeata (Linn.}. 



Anas clypeata, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixxix. fig. 7 (1845-54) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 400, pi. cxii. fig. ii (1856); 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 554, pi. 63 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 42, pi. 13. tin-. 2 (1896). 



Rhynchopsis clypeata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 61. fig-. 2 (1855-63). 

 Spatula clypeata, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 363; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. 



p. 497 (1873) ; Hume $ Marsh. Game Birds hid. iii. p. 141 (1880) ; 



Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 526 1 1884) ; 



Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 69 (1887) ; Salvadori, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 306 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 221 (1899). 



The eggs of the Shoveler are of an elliptical or narrow oval 

 shape, and fairly glossy. They vary from pale huffish white to a 

 pale greenish buff. They measure from 20*2 to 2'38 in length, 

 and from 1'4 to 1'58 in breadth. 



4. Yukon Delta, Alaska, 5th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(E. W. Nelson: Henshaw Coll.). 

 3. Yukon Delta, 5th June (E. W. N. : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Call.). 



2. Canada (Whiteaves: Hargltt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Manitoba, 19th June (G. M. Daw- N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



son}. 



6. Manitoba, 19th June (G. M. D.). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



1. Loch Awe, Scotland, 14th May Seebohm Coll. 



(E. Milner). 



2. Merlon, Norfolk, 30th May (Lord Seebohm Coll. 



Walsingham) . 



1. Elveden, Suffolk, June (E. Newton). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Holland (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



7. Denmark. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Esthonia, Baltic Sea, 18th June Seebohm Coll. 



(Russow). 



2. Pomerania, 21st April (T.Holland}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Zana, Algeria, 6th June (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Spatula rhynchotis (Lath.). 



Spatula rhynchotis, Gould, Handb. BirdsAustr.il p. 368 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 343 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvii. p. 314 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 221 (1899); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 245 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1044 (1901). 



Rhynchaspis variegata, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. iii. p. 102 (1871) ; 

 " Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 269 (1888). 



The eggs of the Australian Shoveler are of an elongated oval 

 shape, smooth, and slightly glossy. They are cream-coloured, faintly 

 tinged with green, and measure from 2-Ob' to 2-2 in length, and 

 from 1'4'3 to 1'5 in breadth. 



5. Yandembah, New South Wales, Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. (A. J. North}. 



2. Taieri River, Otago, New Zealand Crowley Bequest. 

 (E. P. Seymour). 



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