. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . J^ SPATULA CLYPEATA (Z/////.).Shoveller. Adult male : Bill very much broadened; head and neck dark green : breast pure whiteshading into purplisli chestnut on the belly ; wing coverts blue; speculum green edged withwhite ; feet orange red. Length, 20; Wing, : IJill, ; Tarsus, KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 2 23 Adidt female: Head and neck mottled and streaked with pale brown and dark brown orblack; under parts brownish, mottled and spotted with fuscous, scarcely showing on th
. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . J^ SPATULA CLYPEATA (Z/////.).Shoveller. Adult male : Bill very much broadened; head and neck dark green : breast pure whiteshading into purplisli chestnut on the belly ; wing coverts blue; speculum green edged withwhite ; feet orange red. Length, 20; Wing, : IJill, ; Tarsus, KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 2 23 Adidt female: Head and neck mottled and streaked with pale brown and dark brown orblack; under parts brownish, mottled and spotted with fuscous, scarcely showing on the middleof the belly ; speculum and wing coverts as in the male. Length, ; Wing, ; Bill, ; Tarsus, The immature male is often intermediate in plumage between the adult male and female, butthe speculum shows but little green and the wing coverts are slaty gray. The head is often verymuch mottled when changing to adult , This species ranges throughout the Northern Hemisphere, commonly inthe interior. It breeds from Minnesota northward as a rule : there is norecord of its breeding in the Atlantic States. Ranges in winter to South America, being one of the common species inFlorida during the winter months. The eggs are pale buff white, usuallyfrom six to ten in number. The note of the male is a gutteral short Thuckthuck ; the female quacks. Genus DAFILA Stephens. DAFILA ACUTA (Z/////.).Pintail. Sprigtail. Adult male: Bill black having the edges lead color ; head and neck dark rufous brown sometimes showing a faint gloss of green on the feathers; sides of the neck showing a stripe ofwhite and a stripe of black extending down the back of the neck ; under parts white showingfaint wavy fine lines of dusky on the sides; crissum black edged with white; central tailfeathers very much elongated in the male ; feet lead color. Length. 28 : Wing, : Tail, 7 : ISiU. 2. 2 24 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA.
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