COMMON SHOVELLER. 
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Anas, Swainson (not of authors ). — Generic cha- 
racters . — Bill long, depressed, very much di- 
lated at the tip, nail small, maxilla extending 
much over the mandible; lamina; exposed, long, 
fine ; nostrils basal, round, the fossae small ; 
wings long, accuminated, first and second quills 
longest ; tail slightly cuneiform ; feet small ; 
legs slender, short. 
Types. — A. clypeata, &c. Cosmopolite. 
THE COMMON SHOVELLER. 
Anas clypeata. 
PLATE IV. 
Anas clypeata, Swains. ; Linn., tut not restricted. — Rhycliap- 
sis clypeata, Steph . — Spathulea clypeata, Fieri. — Shoveller) 
Red-breasted Shoveller of British authors. 
This very beautiful and interesting duck is of con- 
siderable rarity in Britain, generally considered as 
a winter visitant, but now known to breed in 
limited numbers in the marshes of Norfolk. * It 
occurs also, during winter, in the south. In Scotland 
we have never ourselves met with it living, but 
have generally seen one or two specimens, during 
the winter and spring, among the Edinburgh poul- 
* Yarrel, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
