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62. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. 



Head and neck green ; upper part back and breast white ; middle 

 back brown ; rump and upper tail coverts black glossed with green ; 

 wing coverts blue ; narrow white band across wing ; wing patch 

 green ; under parts chestnut ; bill black ; legs and feet orange red. 

 Length, 19 in. 



Female. Head and neck buff streaked with gray, brownish white 

 on top ; wing coverts blue ; wing patch green ; under parts reddish 

 buff ; bill olive brown ; legs and feet orange. Length, 19 in. 



Hab. Northern hemisphere, Alaska to Texas, not common on At- 

 lantic Coast. 



63. Gadwall. Chaulelasmus strepcrus. 

 Gray Duck. 



Head light buff, rufous on top spotted with black and brown ; up- 

 per part back and breast marked with crescent-shaped black and 

 white bars, the former most prominent ; back, scapulars, and flanks 

 undulated with slate color and white ; wing gray ; wing patch white, 

 black stripe in front ; vent and under tail coverts black ; rest of under 

 parts white ; bill bluish black ; legs and feet orange. Length, 20 in. 



64. Gadwall (See 63). 



Female. Head tawny spotted with brown and buff; chin and 

 throat yellowish white ; win^s like male with white wing patch (but 

 little or no black in front) ; bill dusky orange ; legs and feet dull yel- 

 low. Length, 19 in. 



Hab. Arctic regions to Mexico. Breeds in Northern States. 



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THE SHORE BIRDS OR WADERS, ORDER Limicola, LITERALLY MUD- 

 DWELLERS THE SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, PLOVERS, AND OTHER 

 WADING BIRDS. 



65. Wilson's Snipe. Gallinago delicata. 



Head black on top, striped with buff ; neck buff with black spots , 

 back black with brown and buff lines ; breast buff spotted with brown, 

 bill gray, 2^-3 in. long. Length, io>-ii^ in. ; wing, 5-5^ in. 



Hab. North and Middle America, breeding from the Northern 

 United States northward. South in winter to West Indies and South 

 America. 



