Spathulea. birds. PALMIPIDES. 123 
sides of the belly white. Breast, along the middle of the belly, and upper 
part of the back, red. Outer half of the scapulars and quills black, the se- 
condaries glossed with green. Tail of 14 white feathers, tipped with black. 
Female^ with the tubercle at the base of the bill less, and the colours of the 
plumage more obscure — Nest in old rabbit-holes near the shore. Eggs 12 to 
16, of a white colour.— have the head and neck whitish, and the bill 
and legs flesh coloured, — Easily tamed, but is seldom fertile in a confined 
state. 
Gen. LXXXVI. SPATHULEA. Shoveler.— B ill de- 
pressed, much enlarged in breadth at the extremity ; the 
teeth long, and lock into each other when the mouth is 
closed. 
186. S. clypeata. Common Shoveler. — Bill black ; legs red ; 
wing-spot deep green. 
A. platyrhynchos. Will. Orn. 283 — A. clypeata, Linn. Syst. i. 200. Penn, 
Brit. Zoo\. ii. 596. Temm, Orn; ii. 842 — (Trachea, Einn. Trans, iv. 
tab. xiii. f. 4, 5.) — -E, Blue-winged Shoveler ; JF, Hwyad lydanbig, 
— A winter visitant. 
Length 21 inches ; weight 22 ounces. Bill 3 inches in the gape, rounded 
at the margin, with a small incurved nail. Irides yellow. Head and neck 
glossy green ; breast and scapulars white. Back, sides, and belly brown, the 
latter paler ; vent black. Wing-covers blue. Quills brown, the secondaries 
green on the outer webs. Tail of 14 dusky feathers, edged with white; the 
outer ones wholly white ; the rump, and upper and under tail-covers, glossy 
green. Female., with the margin of the bill at the base orange ; plumage in 
general mottled rufous brown, and black — Nest on the margins of lakes. Eggs 
12, clear greenish yellow — F omw^ like the female. In the intermediate plu- 
mage the young males have been characterised as a species under the name 
of the “ Red-breasted Shoveler.” The Shoveler frequents fresh water lakes. 
A few pairs probably remain to breed with us : Indeed, Mr Youell has found 
their nest and eggs, Linn. Trans, xiii. 6, 15. 
Gen. LXXXVII. ANAS. Duck, — B ill plain above the 
nostrils, and depressed, 
187. A. Boschas. Common Duck. — Bill green ; legs orange. 
Wing-spot purple. Pour middle tail-feathers recurved. 
Boschas major. Will. Orn. 284. Sibb. Scot. 21. — A. Bos. Linn. Syst. i. 
205. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 591. Temm. Orn. ii. 85 — (Trachea, Linn. 
Trans, iv. tab. xiii. f. 10.) — E., Mallard; /S', Stock Duck, Mire Duck ; 
IF, Cors Hwyad, Garan Hwyad, Hydnwy ; G, Lacha chinn uaine. — 
Common near marshes. # 
Length 23, breadth 35 inches ; weight 40 ounces. The bill has a yellowish 
tinge. Irides brown. Head and neck a rich green, ending in a white collar ; 
breast and upper back brown. Back variegated with white and brown ; belly 
similar, but lighter. Wing-covers with a white band, edged with black. Se- 
condaries fine purple, ending in black, with white tips. Rump and both covers 
of the tail black. Tail of 20 pointed feathers, the four recurved ones glossy 
greenish-black, the rest greyish-brown, margined with white. Female brown, 
with dusky spots and lines ; throat Avhite, the middle tail-feathers not re- 
curved.— Nest of dry grass, lined with its own feathers and down. Eggs 10 
