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Order AIS^SEEES.] 



[Fam. ANATIDiE. 



SPATULA VAEIEGATA. 



(NEW-ZEALAND SHOVELLER.) 





Spatula rhynclwtis, Gray, in DiefF. Trav. ii. App. p. 198 (1843) 

 Spattda varicgata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 95. 

 Anas rhynchotis^ EUman, Zool. 1861, p. 7471. 



Is variegata^ Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 358. 



Native names. 

 Tete, Putaitai, Kumwliengi, Kahoho, and Wetawetangu. " Spoon-bill Duck" of the Colonists. 



^ supra saturate brunneuSj seneo nitens^ pilei dorsique postici plumis obscure fulvescente raarginatis : loris 



et mento nigricanti-brunneis : linea faciali lata ab oculo anteriore ducta et infra gulam conjuncta : 

 facie rcliqua laterali ct nucha sordide cinereis virescente adumbratis : coUo postico sordide cinereo : 

 interscapulii plumis brunneis^ late fulvescente marginatis : scapularibus albis^ fulvescente lavatis^ qui- 

 busdam omnino brunneis^ reliquis ^eneo-brunneo fasciatis aut maculatis : tectricibus alarum pulchre 

 cyaneis^ majoribus exterioribus albo terrainatis^ fasciam parvam exhibentibus : remigibus ^neo-brunneis, 

 minoribus extus pulcherrime viridibus, secundariis elongatis vcrsiis apicem medialiter albis, remigibus 

 dorsalibus extus pulchre cyaneis : supracaudalibus exterioribus Isete viridibus : cauda brunnea^ rectri- 

 cibus albido marginatis et terminatis : gutture imo et coUo laterali albis, plumis plus minusve distincte 

 medialiter nigris : pectore superiore ochrascente, plumis ad basin albis et brunneo crescentim transfas- 

 ciatis : corpore rcliquo subtus intense ferrugineo, pectore superiore magis distincte, pectore imo et 

 abdomine obscurius nigro notatis : plaga crissali utrinque alba nigro pauUulum vermiculata : sub- 

 caudalibus nigris, lateralibus et longioribus viridibus, quibusdam fulvo transfasciatis et terminatis : 

 subalaribus albis, imis cinerascentibus, marginalibus fulvo maculatis et pallide cyaneo lavatis : rostro 

 nigro : pedibus auranti^cis : iride Isete flav&. 



? mari dissimilis, ubique sordidior : suprk brunneus, uropygio virescente, plumis omnibus late fulvo margi- 

 natis : facie et collo lateralibus fulvescentibus brunneo striatis, gutture sordide fulvescente : corpore 

 reliquo subtiis ochrascenti-fulvo, plumis nigro medialiter notatis : tectricibus alarum cyaneis, anguste 

 fulvo marginatis, majoribus albo terminatis: remigibus seneo-brunueisj secundariis latiiis fulvo margi- 

 natis. 



Adult male. Crown of the head and space surrounding the base of the bill brownish black, edged with grey; 

 in front of each eye a broad crescent of white, meeting and widening on the chin, where it is more or less 

 speckled with black ; cheeks, sides, and anterior portion of hind neck dark grey, with beautiful green 

 reflections, mixed with steel-blue in certain lights; a streak down the fore neck, and a circular zone 

 bounding the grey portion, fulvous white, largely spotted and mottled with brown ; neck below and fore 

 part of breast fulvous white, varied with brown, each feather being pure w^hite at the base, then marked 



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