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8. Genus SPATULA, Boic, Isis, 1822, p. 564. 

 1. Spatula cltpeata {Linn.). — The Shoveller. 



Anas rJj/jycata, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 200 (1766). 



Buff. PI. Enl. 971, 972; Wilson, Am. Oni. VIII, Plate LXVII ; 

 Aud. B. of Am. Plate CCCXXVII ; oct. ed. VI, Plate CCCXCIV. 



Specimens from Oregon are in the collection of the Expedition. 

 According to Mr. Peale, this species was noticed also at the Islands 

 of Hawaii and Oahu. 



9. Genus FULIGULA, Steplens, Gen. Zool. XII, p. 187 (1824). 

 1. FuLiGULA RUFiTORQUES, Bonaparte. — The Ring-necked Duck. 



Fulhjula riifitorques, BoNAP. Comp. List. p. 58 (1838). 

 Anas fuliyula," WiLSON, Am. Orn. VIII, p. GO. 



Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, Plate LXVII, fig. 5 ; Aud. B. of Am. Plate 

 CCXXXIV; oct. ed. VI, Plate CCCXCVIII. 



Specimens from Oregon are precisely identical with others obtained 

 on the coast of the Atlantic. Mr. Peale states that this bird did not 

 appear to be common in Oregon. 



2. FuLiGULA MAEiLA [Limi.). — The Scaup Duck. The 

 Black-headed Duck. 



Anas marila, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 196 (1766). 



Buff. PI. Enl. 1002; Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, Plate LXIX ; Aud, 

 B. of Am. Plate CCXXIX; oct. ed. VI, Plate CCCXCVII. 



This species, according to Dr. Pickering, was noticed on the coast 



