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cular touches of white : evidently a young male in its imperfect 
plumage. 
The female has the crown of a dusky brown ; rest of the 
head and neck yellowish white, thickly spotted with dark brown ; 
these spots on the breast become larger, and crescent-shaped ; 
back and scapulars dark brown, edged and centred 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. 
The Shoveller is common in East Florida. It frequents the 
fresh water ponds during the winter, and becomes very fat. Its 
flesh is excellent. 
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