. A dictionary of birds . >. 233), tliinking that too much likeChclklon, suggested Amphiholura as an amendment, unaware that the last hadbeen preoccupied by Wagler in Herpetology ; but no change seems needed, for(pipaXos [gracilis, cxilis), though not commonly given in lexicons, is to be foundin that of Constantino (1592), and combined with ovpa is appropriate enough—this being the very etymology Vicillet gave (iV. Diet, dhist. nat. xxiv. p. 107). - Many years ago Mr. A. G. More drew my attention to a figure in theDublin Pc7mij Journal (i. p. 253) for 2 Feb. 1833 which he had recognizedas r
. A dictionary of birds . >. 233), tliinking that too much likeChclklon, suggested Amphiholura as an amendment, unaware that the last hadbeen preoccupied by Wagler in Herpetology ; but no change seems needed, for(pipaXos [gracilis, cxilis), though not commonly given in lexicons, is to be foundin that of Constantino (1592), and combined with ovpa is appropriate enough—this being the very etymology Vicillet gave (iV. Diet, dhist. nat. xxiv. p. 107). - Many years ago Mr. A. G. More drew my attention to a figure in theDublin Pc7mij Journal (i. p. 253) for 2 Feb. 1833 which he had recognizedas representing a bird of this species, professedly taken from one said to have beenshot two or three years before at Powerscoiirt in Ireland, where it was flyingabout with some Swallows ! The specimen was said to be in the possession of agentleman at Dublin; but, though the descrijitiou is accurate, the coutributordid not give his name, and liis statement is hard to believe. (After Swainson.) SHOVELER «4i. Bill of Shoveleh. (After Swainson.) Shovelard, a word by which used to be meant the l)ird nowalmost invariably called Spoonbill, but in the latter half of the17th century transferred to one hitherto generally, and in thesedays locally, known as the Spoon-billed Duck—the Anas dyjieataof Linnreus and Spatula or I^hyiwhasjds cit/peata of modern these names refer to the shapeof the birds bill, which, combinedwith the remarkably long lamellx(not wholly incomparable with thewhalebone of the toothless Ceta-ceans) that beset both maxilla andmandible, has been thought sufficientto remove the species from theLinnsean genus Anas. Excejit forthis exaggerated feature, which car-ries with it a clumsy look, the maleShoveler would pass for one of the most beautiful of this generallybeautiful group of birds. As it is, for bright and variegated colouring,there are few of his kindred to whom he is inferior. His golden eye,his dark green head, surmounting a throat of pure white and
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