. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . -breasted, chestnut-brown-bellied,dark-headed duck with blue wing cov-erts and green speculum. The bill isspoon-shaped, being nearly twice as widenear the tip as at the base. The femaleis mainly dark-])rown blotched (»n a buff ground; the middleof the belly is lightest and the back darkest. The wings aremuch like those of the male. The large, spoon-shaped billdistinguishes the species. (Broad-bill; Spoon-bill Duck.) Length, 17-21 ; wing, 9^ (9-10) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 1^
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . -breasted, chestnut-brown-bellied,dark-headed duck with blue wing cov-erts and green speculum. The bill isspoon-shaped, being nearly twice as widenear the tip as at the base. The femaleis mainly dark-])rown blotched (»n a buff ground; the middleof the belly is lightest and the back darkest. The wings aremuch like those of the male. The large, spoon-shaped billdistinguishes the species. (Broad-bill; Spoon-bill Duck.) Length, 17-21 ; wing, 9^ (9-10) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 1^; culmen, 2J. Northern hemisphere;breeding in America from Texas , and wintering fromNew Jersey and southernIllinois to northernSouth America. Notabundant on the coastnorth of the Carolinas. 39. PintaU ( acuta). — Asharp-tailed, dark-brown-headed, wavy-gray -backed duck,with a long neck, having a white stripe on the side and ablack line above. The speculum is greenish-purple, usuallybordered by black and white. The breast and belly are white,with the sides strongly marked with wavy black lines; the. Shoveller FAM. L. DUCES, GEESE, AND SWANS 803
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