222 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
a trace of the chestnut marking of the male and the upper throat and chin are more speckled, 
otherwise apparently quite similar to Azas discors. 
Length, 16; Wing, 7.50; Bill, 1.75; Tarsus, 1.30. 
This is a species which is usually confined to Western North America, 
only occasionally reaching the Atlantic Coast in the Southeastern States. It 
has been recorded from Florida, but I have never seen an example from 
that State, although it is given as quite common by several authors. It ex- 
tends to Southern South America in its range; does not breed on the east 
coast. 
Genus SPATULA Bore. 
(Male.) 
_ SPATULA CLYPEATA (Zinz.). 
Shoveller. 
eldult male: Bill very much broadened; head and neck dark green; breast pure white 
shading into purplish chestnut on the belly ; wing coverts blue; speculum green edged with 
white ; feet orange red. 
Length, 20; Wing, 9.50; Bill, 2.70; Tarsus, 1.50. 
