THE SHOVELLER. 



Anas clypeata* 



HIS bird, which is also known 

 as the Broad-bill or Blue- 

 winged Shoveller, is, generally 

 speaking, only a winter visi- 

 tor to our shores. Probably, 

 every season some Shovellers 

 remain and breed in Great 

 Britain, but the vast majority 

 are migratory. In Europe, it 

 is said to be very plentiful in 

 Holland, and is also met with 

 in the south of Sweden, Goth- 

 land, Russia, Germany, and 

 France ; in the marshes of 

 the last-named country it is 

 said to breed regularly. Ex- 

 amples have been met with 

 in Japan, Smyrna, and South 

 Africa, whilst in Hudson's 

 Bay and various parts of 

 North America it is well 

 known. In France, one of 

 the commonest of its names 

 is Canard gobe-mouche. 



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