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peared ; and we have consequently found it necessary to revert to 

 the older name. 



This Duck is found near Mendoza, according to Burmeister, at the 

 foot of the Cordilleras in the lagoons and rivers. It also occurs in 

 the lakes of the Pampas and near Buenos Ayres, where birds are 

 often sold in the market. In Southern Chili and Valdivia, as stated 

 by Philippi and Landbeck, it is a rare species, but is more common in 

 the central provinces. It is one of the wildest and scarcest birds in 

 East Falkland. Capt. Abbott never found its nest, but says that 

 young ones were seen in a pond near Port Louis in January. 



Genus 9. Spatula. Type. 



Spatula, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563 <S. clypeata. 



Rhynchaspis, Stephens, G. Z. xii. pt. 2, p. 1 14(1824). (S. clypeata. 



Two Shovellers are likewise found within Neotropical boundaries. 

 One of them is a northern immigrant, only met with in the Antilles ; 

 the other a fine well-marked southern endemic species. 



1. Spatula clypeata. 



Anas clypeata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 200 (1766). 



Spatula clypeata, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564; Baird, B. N.Am. p. 781; 

 Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 (Guatemala), et Nom. Av. Neotr. 

 p. 130; Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 20 (Mexico); Newton, Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 308 (St. Thomas) ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica) ; 

 Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 389, et J. fur Orn. 18/5, p. 3/9 (Cuba) ; 

 Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 518 (1866) (Trinidad) ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). 



Rhynchaspis clypeata. Cab. J. fur Orn. 1857, p. 228 (Cuba). 



Hab. Mexico {Boucard, Qrayson) ; Guatemala (Salvin) ; Cuba 

 (Gundlach) ; Jamaica {Marcli). 



In Cuba, according to Dr. Gundlach, the Shoveller is a regular 

 winter visitant, remaining from September to April. It also appears 

 in Jamaica in considerable numbers. In Mexico it has been found 

 at Guaymas and Mazatlan, as well as in S. Mexico. In Guatemala 

 it is common in winter. 



2. Spatula platalea. 



Fato espatulato, Az. Apunt. no. 431 (Buenos Ayres), undfe 

 ■ Anas platalea, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 157 (1816), et Enc. Meth. p. 357 

 (1823); Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 517 (Panama and Buenos 

 Ayres) ; Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 35. 



Spatula platalea, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 335 (Chili) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 145 (Buenos Ayres), 

 et Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 130. 



Rhynchaspis maculatus, Gould, MS. ; Jard. & Selb. III. Orn. 

 t. 147; Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 134 (1838); Phil. & Landb. Cat. 

 Av. Chil. p. 43. 



Bafila ccesio-scapulata, Reich. Natat. tab. Ii. f. 180; Bibra, 



