Class II. RED BREASTED SHOVELER. 597 



thofe in the middle black, edged with white : the 

 beily is of a bay color : the vent feathers black : 

 the legs red. The female has the fame marks in 

 the wrngs as the male, but the colors are lefs 

 bright : the reft of the plumage refembles that of 

 the common wild duck. 



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E are indebted to Mr. Bolton for the defcrip- 281. Red 

 tion of this bird, who informed us that it ^ REASTED 



CiHOVELER. 



was fometimes taken in the decoys in Lincolnjhire. 



It is the fize of a common duck. The bill Dbscrip. 

 large, broad, ferrated at the fides, and entirely of 

 a browniih yellow color: the head large: eyesfmall: 

 irides yellow : the bread and throat of a reddifh 

 brown, the latter paler, but both quite free from 

 any fpots. The back is brown, growing paler 

 towards 'the fides. The tips and pinions of the 

 wings grey : the quil-feathers brown ; the reft of 

 a greyifh brown : the fpeculum or fpot purple, 

 edged with white : in the female, the fpot is blue, 

 and all the other colors are fainter. The tail is 

 lhort and white : the vent feathers of a bright 

 brown, fpotted with darker : the legs lhort and 

 flender: the feet fmall, of a reddifh brown color. 



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