4 66 S H O V E L E R. Clafs II; 



fore the lad, in only ten decoys, in the neighborhood 

 of Wainfieet) it appeared to amount to thirty-one 

 thoufand two hundred, in which is included feveral 

 other fpecies of ducks ; it is alfoto be obferved, that 

 in the above particular, wigeon and teal are reckoned 

 but as one, and confequently fell but at half the price 

 of the ducks. This quantity makes them fo cheap on 

 the fpot, that we have been afTured feveral decoy- 

 men would be glad to contract for years to deliver 

 their ducks ztBofton for ten- pence the couple. The 

 account of the numbers here mentioned, relates only 

 to thofe that were fent to the Capital. 



XIV. The SHOVELER, 



Anas latiroftra (ein Breitfchna- ScbaufH-ente, LofH-ente. Kram, 



bel.) Gefner av. 120. 342. 



Aldr. a<v. iii. 94. Anas clypeata. Lin. fyft. 200. 



Wil. cm. 370. Faun. Suec fp. 119. 



Rati fyn. a~o. 143. Kertlutock*. Krantzs Green/. I. 



Phafianus marinus. Charlton ex. 80. 



1 o - . Danis Krop-And . Norvegis Stokr 



Blue-wing Shoveler [f(gm.) Cat. And. Cimbris Leffei - And. 



Car. i. no. Brunnich. 67. 68. 



Le Souchec. Briffbnav. vi. 329. Br. Zeal. 155 = 



tab. 3 z . Jig. 1 . 



De(cr / T""*HIS weighs twenty-two ounces: its length 

 -^ twenty -one inches. The bill is black, three 

 inches long, fpreads near the end to a great breadth ; 

 is furniihed with a fmall hook, and the edges of each 

 mandible are pectinated, or fupplied with thin laminse, 

 that lock into each other when the mouth is clofed. 



* i. e. Broad bill. 



The 



