Order ANSERES.] [Fam. ANATID.E. 



SPATULA VAEIEGATA. 



(NEW-ZEALAND SHOVELLER.) 



Spatula rhjnchotis, Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii. App. p. 198 (1843). 

 Spatula variegata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 95. 

 Anas rhynchotis, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7471. 

 Mhynchaspis variegata, Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 358. 



Native names. 

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



$ supra saturate brunneus, seneo nitens, pilei dorsique postici plumis obscure fulvescente raarginatis : loris 

 et inento uigricanti-brunncis : linea faciali lata ab oculo anteriore ducta et infra gulam conjuncta : 

 facie reliqua, laterali et nucha sordide cinereis virescente adumbratis : collo postico sordide cinereo : 

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

 busdam omnino brunneis, reliquis seneo-brunneo fasciatis aut maculatis : tectricibus alarum pulchre 

 cyaneis, majoribus exterioribus albo terminatis, fasciam parvam exliibentibus : remigibus seneo-brunneis, 

 minoribus extiis pulcherrime viridibus, secundariis elongatis versus apicem medialiter albis, remigibus 

 dorsalibus extus pulchre cyaneis : supracaudalibus exterioribus laste viridibus : Cauda, bruunea, rectri- 

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

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

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

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

 caudalibus nigris, latcralibus et longioribus viridibus, quilmsdam fulvo transfasciatis et terminatis : 

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

 nigro : pedibus aurantiacis : iride laete flava. 



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

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

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

 fulvo marginatis, majoribus albo terminatis : remigibus seneo-brunneis, secundariis latius 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 white at the base, then marked 



