ANAS CLYPEATA. 
SHOVELER. 
Generic Character. Anas Cy gnus (ferus.) 
Synonyms. 
Anas clypeata. Lin. Syjl. i. 200. 19. Ind. Om. 
9., p. 856. 60. 
Shoveler. Br. Zool ^%o. lb. foL 155. tab. ^ 4, 
Ar5i. Zool. 2. 485. Lath. Syn. 6. 
P* 509* 55* Orn.DiB. Vol. 2. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, Ft. 2.^, 310. 
.L HIS 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 whh the exception of the 
blue on the wing, in the general appearance is much like the 
female pintail j 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 rufhes, in which they lay ten or a 
dozen rufous-coloured eggs." On the approach of winter 
the 
