. A dictionary of birds . 47, i. p. 233), thinking that too much likeClielidon, suggested Amphibolura as an amendment, unaware that the last hadbeen preoccupied by AVagler in Herpetology ; but no change seems needed, for<pil3a\os {gracilis, exilis), though not commonly given in lexicons, is to be foundin that of Constantine (1592), and combined with ovpa is appropriate enough—this being the very etymology Vicillet gave {N. Diet. dJiist. nat. xxiv. p. 107). - Many years ago Mr. A. G. More drew my attention to a figure in theDublin Penny Journal (i. p. 253) for 2 Feb. 1833 which he had recogn
. A dictionary of birds . 47, i. p. 233), thinking that too much likeClielidon, suggested Amphibolura as an amendment, unaware that the last hadbeen preoccupied by AVagler in Herpetology ; but no change seems needed, for<pil3a\os {gracilis, exilis), though not commonly given in lexicons, is to be foundin that of Constantine (1592), and combined with ovpa is appropriate enough—this being the very etymology Vicillet gave {N. Diet. dJiist. nat. xxiv. p. 107). - Many years ago Mr. A. G. More drew my attention to a figure in theDublin Penny Journal (i. p. 253) for 2 Feb. 1833 which he had recognizedas representing a bird of this species, professedly taken from one said to have beenshot two or three years before at Powerscourt in Ireland, where it was flyingabout with some Swallows ! The specimen was said to be in the possession of agentleman at Dublin ; but, though the description is accin-ate, the contributordid not give his name, and his statement is hard to believe. Phibalura. (After Swainson.) SHOVELER 841. Shovelard, a word by which used to be meant the bird nowalmost invariably called. SPOONBILL, but in the latter half of the17th century transferred to one hitherto generally, and in thesedays locally, known as the Spoon-billed Duck—the Anas, clypeaiaof Linnaeus and Spatula or Bhymhaspis chjiJeata of modern these names refer to the shapeof the birds bill, which, combinedwith the remarkably long lamellse(not wholly incomparable with thewhalebone of the toothless Ceta-ceans) that beset both maxilla andmandible, has been thought sufficientto remove the species from theLinnsean genus Anas. Except forthis exaggerated feature, which car-ries with it a clumsy look, the male ^ ° Shoveler. (After Swainson.) Shoveler would pass for one of the most beautiful of this generallybeautiful group of birds. As it is, for bright and variegated colouring,there are few of his kindred to whom he is inferior. His golden eye,his dark green head, surmounting a throat of
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