. The birds of our country. . SHOVELLER. ANAS CLYPEATA. Genus Anas. Blue-winged Shovellei'—Broad-bill. The Shoveller must be regarded as a winter visitor to our shores, but several remain to breed, chiefly in the eastern counties of England and the fen dis- tricts. This bird frequents lakes and large pieces of water in open country where there are no trees: it prefers a locality near the sea, though it is a fresh water species. Damp boggy tracts and marshy swamps surrounded with reeds and covered with plenty of water weeds are the places where we may expect to find the Shoveller. They obtain t
. The birds of our country. . SHOVELLER. ANAS CLYPEATA. Genus Anas. Blue-winged Shovellei'—Broad-bill. The Shoveller must be regarded as a winter visitor to our shores, but several remain to breed, chiefly in the eastern counties of England and the fen dis- tricts. This bird frequents lakes and large pieces of water in open country where there are no trees: it prefers a locality near the sea, though it is a fresh water species. Damp boggy tracts and marshy swamps surrounded with reeds and covered with plenty of water weeds are the places where we may expect to find the Shoveller. They obtain their food either by taking it from the mud in shallow places, where they may be often seen swimming with only the tail uppermost exposed, or from the water weeds, but they do not dive for it. Their food consists of aquatic insects, tadpoles, the spawn of frogs, small fish, and tender shoots. The flight of the Shoveller is somewhat slower and. 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 Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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