. The birds of Australia. Birds. 150 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Genus Spatula. Bill spoon-shaped, no soft membranes on the sides towards the tip. The Common Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Nesting in Northern Hemisphere and in winter to Africa, India, China, and in America to Colombia and West Indies, accidental in Australia7i Museum. The Australian Shoveller: Spatula rhynchotis. Adult male; Head and upper part of neck glossy green; lower neck, breast, and anterior scapulars white; middle of back dark brown, feathers with pale edges; rump greenish black; lower breast chestnut; flanks frec
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 150 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Genus Spatula. Bill spoon-shaped, no soft membranes on the sides towards the tip. The Common Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Nesting in Northern Hemisphere and in winter to Africa, India, China, and in America to Colombia and West Indies, accidental in Australia7i Museum. The Australian Shoveller: Spatula rhynchotis. Adult male; Head and upper part of neck glossy green; lower neck, breast, and anterior scapulars white; middle of back dark brown, feathers with pale edges; rump greenish black; lower breast chestnut; flanks freckled with brown; upper wing-coverts and portions of scapulars pale blue; rest of scapulars black, with a white stripe along the middle; white band on the wings, and joining the speculum; tail white and freckled. Total length 20 inches, wing , tail , culmen , tarsus Nest a depression in the ground among short vegetation and lined with down. Clutch from eight to thirteen, greenish-buff in colour, and they measure about x inch. These birds are very rare in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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