( 191 ) 
Length, 19 inches; wing, 9* inches ; tail, 3 A inches. Bill of male, 
female, orange brown, variegated with black ; irides, brown ; legs, 
yellow ; weight up to 2 lbs. 
black; of 
orange or 
THE SHOVELLER. 
Tf ' 1 i ■> • 1 T-\ names: lidari, Punana , Tokur-walla, Ghira, 
; A ,l l P at : i Punta-mookhi, Beng, ; Thobaha sankhar (male), Khikeria 
sankhar (female), Nepal; Sukchoo , Behar, 
Habitat- Generally distributed over India in the "winter. 
. Description* Easily distinguished from other ducks by having the bill 
twice as broad near the tip as at the base. A filthy feeder and almost unfit for 
the table , it is particularly tame and confiding and difficult to drive from its 
haunts. It is partial to tanks and even village puddles ; it is a tolerable fiver 
and not particularly noisy. Male—Length, 21 inches; wing, 9^ inches ; tail, 34 
inches.. Female—-Length, 184 inches ; wing, 84 inches ; tail, 3 inches. Bill, in 
males, is black with a greyish tinge ; in females, the upper mandible is brown, 
the lower dull orange. Irides from yellow to deep orange ; feet, red ; weight 
nearly 2 lbs. 
