. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . THE BIRD BOOK. 142. Shoveller. Spatula clypeaia. Range.—Whole of North America, breeding inthe interior from Texas northward. This strikingly marked Ducli; is twenty inchesin length, has a green head and speculum, bluewing coverts and chestnut belly. Tlie bill is longand broad at the tip. It makes its nest on tlieground in marshy places, of grass, weeds and

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