. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . e beautifulbirds ; but as they are of a roving disposition, and areapt to stray, or to quit altogether such limited spots, it isgenerally found necessary to pinion or disable a wing tosecure them. The Shieldrake has been known to breedwith the Common Duck ; but it is not well ascertainedwhether the hybrids thus produced will breed again or-not. This species is dispersed, in greater or less numbers^ BRITISH BIRDS. S09 over the warm, as well as tlie cold climates, in variousparts of the world : they are met with as far north as Ice-la
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . e beautifulbirds ; but as they are of a roving disposition, and areapt to stray, or to quit altogether such limited spots, it isgenerally found necessary to pinion or disable a wing tosecure them. The Shieldrake has been known to breedwith the Common Duck ; but it is not well ascertainedwhether the hybrids thus produced will breed again or-not. This species is dispersed, in greater or less numbers^ BRITISH BIRDS. S09 over the warm, as well as tlie cold climates, in variousparts of the world : they are met with as far north as Ice-land in the spring, and in Sweden and the Orkney IslandsIn the winter. Captain Cook notices them, among othersea-fowl, on the coast of Van Diemens land, and theyhave been seen, in great numbers, at the Falkland they are not numerous on the British and theopposite shores, yet they are common enough in the Bri-tish Isles, where they remain throughout fhe year, alwaysin pairs, and occasionally straggle away from the sea coastto the lakes *Kfa|0ti|gO 2 0^2 X^IO BRITISH BIRDS. .^■^^^NN,-—- THE SHOVELER. BLUE-WING SHOVELER, KERTLUTOCK, OR BROAD-BILL.{^Anas clypeafay Lin.—Le Souchct, Buff.) The Shoveler is less than the Wild Duck, commonlyweighing about twenty-two ounces, and measuring twenty-one inches in length. The bill is black, three incheslong, very broad or spread out, and round-ed like a spoonnt the end, with the nail hooked inward and small: theinsides of the mandibles are remarkably well furnishedwith thin pectinated rows, which fit into each other likea weavers brake, and through which no dirt can pass,while the bird is separating or sifting the small wormsand inserts from amongst the mud, by the edges of thewater, where it is continually searching for them : theirides are of a fine pure yellow •, the head and upper halfof the neck of a dark glossy changeable green : the lowerpart of the neck, the breast, and scapulars, white : thel)ack is br
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