WILD FOWL 
p. Under tail-coverts black, or whitish spotted with 
black or brown. 
}\ Bill conspicuously spatulate, being nearly twice 
as wide towards the tip, as it is at the base, sides 
of the upper mandible provided with long comb- 
like lamellae Shovelers : Spatula 
Under tail -coverts black; wing -coverts 
slate-blue ; lower breast and belly chestnut Shoveler: S. clypeata S , 
I*. Under tail-coverts whitish, spotted with 327. 
brownish - black ; general colour above 
blackish, edged with brownish-buff, below 
buff, mottled with blackish Shoveler: S. clypeata ? , 
/. Bill about the same width at the tip as it is at ^27. 
the base. 
m\ Under tail-coverts black. iMales.) 
e^. Rump black. 
a®. Head and neck metallic green ; 
lesser and median wing-coverts pale 
greyish - brown ; wing - speculum 
purplish-blue, margined above and 
below with black and white • . Mallard : /I ^05co5 d" , 
A®. Head and neck whitish-buff, finely P- 329. 
spotted with black; lesser and me- 
dian wing-coverts largely chestnut, 
forming a conspicuous patch; wing- 
speculum black and white . . . Gadwall : Chaulelasmus 
streperus $ , p. 331. 
f \ Rump finely vermiculated with black 
and white. 
c®. Bill 2*0 inches ; lesser and median 
wing-coverts brownish-grey; wing- 
speculum dull purplish - bronze 
edged with pale rufous above and 
with black and white below . . Pintail : Dafila acuta , 
</®. Bill about 1’5 inch; lesser and me- /»• 333. 
dian wing-coverts mostly white; 
wing - speculum dark green, bor- 
dered above and below with black. 
a\ Head and neck chestnut, fore- 
part of the crown buff . . . Wigeon : 
Mareca Penelope 3 , p. 335. 
b\ Head and neck whitish-buff, 
conspicuously dotted with 
black on the sides ; entire 
crown uniform whitish-buff, 
surrounded posteriorly by a 
wide green band commencing 
behind the eye American Wigeon: 
M. americana S , p. 337. 
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