SHOVELLER. 



tack and scapulars dark brown, edged and centered with yellow 

 ochre; belly slightly rufous, mixed with white; wing nearly as in 

 the male. 



On dissection the labyrinth in the windpipe of the male was 

 found to be small ; the trachea itself seven inches long ; the in- 

 testines nine feet nine inches in length, and about the thickness 

 of a crow quill. 



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