. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . he abdo-men spotted distinctly. Western America, in N. A. west ofthe Rocky Mountains, casual in the Mississippi Valley andFla. f. Spoon-billed Ducks. Spatula. Larger ducks with the bill greatly widened at tip. Wingcoverts, blue as in e. 1. SHOVELLER, S. CLYPEATA. ; bill, ; spec-ulum, green glossed with violet; head and upper neck, green-ish ; remainder of neck, breast, sides of back, and wing-band,white: under parts, chestnut; under tail coverts, black ; bill,black, iris, yellow; feet, orange, fig. 148. Female, yellowish-buff, str
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . he abdo-men spotted distinctly. Western America, in N. A. west ofthe Rocky Mountains, casual in the Mississippi Valley andFla. f. Spoon-billed Ducks. Spatula. Larger ducks with the bill greatly widened at tip. Wingcoverts, blue as in e. 1. SHOVELLER, S. CLYPEATA. ; bill, ; spec-ulum, green glossed with violet; head and upper neck, green-ish ; remainder of neck, breast, sides of back, and wing-band,white: under parts, chestnut; under tail coverts, black ; bill,black, iris, yellow; feet, orange, fig. 148. Female, yellowish-buff, streaked, spotted and banded, more prominently above,with dusky. Northern hemisphere; in N. A. breeds fromTexas to Alaska; nests, placed on the ground, eggs, 6to 10,greenish. Migrates south in Sep. and Oct. to winter in con-siderable numbers from the Carolinas through the Gulf north in April; uncommon on the Atlantic coast northof the Carolinas. Occurs in small ponds both salt and freshin small flocks. Very unsuspicious. Fig. 148. Fig. IV, B, f, 1. 1-10. Plate 12.
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