. The water-fowl family . blyLower California and Mexico, north to the Bering Sea coast ofAlaska, Saskatchewan, Kenewatin, and probably to Fort Ander-son, and east to Ontario. Winters from Maryland, occasionallyNew Jersey, possibly Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Arizona,and British Columbia, south to the West Indies and CentralAmerica; also in Hawaii. Occasional in migrations on theAtlantic Coast, north to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; andin Bermuda. In the United States the shoveller has a widerange, but is rare on the Atlantic Coast. It ismost abundant through the prairie states, southi
. The water-fowl family . blyLower California and Mexico, north to the Bering Sea coast ofAlaska, Saskatchewan, Kenewatin, and probably to Fort Ander-son, and east to Ontario. Winters from Maryland, occasionallyNew Jersey, possibly Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Arizona,and British Columbia, south to the West Indies and CentralAmerica; also in Hawaii. Occasional in migrations on theAtlantic Coast, north to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; andin Bermuda. In the United States the shoveller has a widerange, but is rare on the Atlantic Coast. It ismost abundant through the prairie states, southinto Texas and Mexico. This species undoubtedlybreeds along a large part of its range. It is foundnesting regularly in the fur countries, in thevicinity of the Yukon River, Lake Winnipeg, andthe Barren Grounds, and commonly in Montana,Dakota, and Manitoba. The nest is close to thewater on the edge of a marsh or island, concealedunder grass or brush, and consists of a mere de-pression, roughly lined with grass. A nest found. SHOVELLERS —MALE AND FEMALE Diick-shooting 107 by Mr. B. F. Goss at Horicon Lake, southernWisconsin, May 24, is described as situatednear the highest part of a small island, some fivefeet from the water on bare ground, and in com-pany with numbers of mallards. The nest con-tained ten fresh eggs. It breeds from late Mayto July, the time corresponding to the is a record of a brood of shovellers hatchedin the garden of the Zoological Society in Englandin the summer of 1841. After the duties of incu-bation the bright plumage of the male is shed,and the bird assumes an attire like that of thefemale, but darker, not resuming his splendiddress of winter until October. During the latterpart of August the shoveller is perhaps the com-monest duck of our Western states, frequenting theponds and sloughs of the prairies. Here they arefound with large numbers of other ducks, and arethe tamest and most readily approached of all theflocks. They feed on vario
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