ANAS CLYPEATA- 



SHOVELER, 



Generic Character. See Anas Cygnus (ferus.) 

 Synonyms. 



Anas clypeata. Lin. Syft. 200.19. Ind,Om, 



2, p, 856. 60. 

 Shove LER. Bn ZooL 280. lb, fol. 1^^, tab. ^ 4. 



Ar^. Zool. 2. 485. Lath. Syn. 6, 



p. 509. 55. Mont. Orn.Di^._ Vol. 2. 



Bewick's Br, Birds, Pt, p. 310. 



This beautifully marked fpecies is in length about twenty- 

 one inches, and weighs twenty-two ounces. Bill three inches 

 long, the tip is nearly two inches broad, edges ftrongly pec- 

 tinated ; nail fomewhat hooked ; irides yellow ; tail compofed 

 of fourteen feathers ; feet broad and ftrong. The female 

 differs confiderably in colour, and with the exception of the 

 blue on the wing, in the general appearance is much like the 

 female pintail ; the length one inch lefs than the male. 



The Shoveler does not breed in this country, though it 

 is faid fome " remain in France during the breeding feafon ; 

 that they make a neft of ruflies, in which they lay ten or a 

 dozen rufous-coloured eggs/' On the approach of winter 



