Cl. II. RED BREASTED SHOVELER DUCK. 9,65 



wings of a fine sky blue ; those next the quil 

 feathers tipt with white ; the greater quil fea- 

 thers are dusky ; the exterior webs of those in 

 the middle, are of a glossy green. The tail 

 consists of fourteen feathers, the outmost are 

 white, those in the middle black, edged with 

 white ; the belly is of a bay color ; the vent 

 feathers black; the legs red. The female has Female. 

 the same marks in the wings as the male, but 

 the colors are less bright; the rest of the 

 plumage resembles that of the common wild 

 duck. 



Anas rubens. A . fusca, j ugiiJo Lath. Jnd. orn. 857. id. ig. Red 



et pec tore rubro-fuscis, spe- Syn.v\.bl2. Breasted 



11 ^u n T ■ tir. Shoveler. 



culo alarum piirpiireo albo Lm. Lin. 5ig. 



marginato, Cauda brevi alba. ^^ 



W E are indebted to Mr. Bolton for the de- 

 scription of this bird, who informed us that it 

 was sometimes taken in the decoys in Lincoln- ' ' 

 shh^e. *- •''^ 



It is the size of a common duck. The bill Descrip- 

 iarge, broad, serrated at the sides, and en- 

 tirely of a bro^vnish yellow color; the head 

 large; the eyes small; the irides yellow; the 

 breast and throat of a reddish brown, the latter 

 paler, but both quite free from any spots ; the 



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