matter in doubt as to the particular species, if the late Mr. Coxen, of Yarrundi, had 

 not had the skin of a splendid old male in his possession, which he had himself shot, 

 and which, after a careful examination, I found to be identical with the Spatula 

 clypeata of Britain and the European continent." 



Messrs. Sclater and Salvin, as cited above, state that the bird is common in winter 

 on the Lake of Duenas, in Guatemala, occurring also in Cuba, Jamaica, and Mexico ; 

 while Messrs. Dresser and Sharpe, in their ' Birds of Europe,' trace it from the north- 

 west of Asia to Ceylon, China, and Japan. 



