. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. J" M ' 11 t. SHOVELLER. SPOONBILL. BROADBILL. ^ Spatuia CLYPEATA. Char. Back brown, the feathers paler on the edges; shoulders blue; wing-coverts white; secondaries brown with a green patch; primaries black ; rump and tail black; head and neck green; lower neck and breast white; belly rich chestnut; vent white; under tail-coverts black;
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. J" M ' 11 t. SHOVELLER. SPOONBILL. BROADBILL. ^ Spatuia CLYPEATA. Char. Back brown, the feathers paler on the edges; shoulders blue; wing-coverts white; secondaries brown with a green patch; primaries black ; rump and tail black; head and neck green; lower neck and breast white; belly rich chestnut; vent white; under tail-coverts black; bill widened at the end and of dark leaden blue; legs reddish. Female darker and duller; head and neck mottled with two shades of brown; under parts pale brown or buff. Length 20 inches. Nest. On marshy margins of a lake or stream; made of grass lined with down, which the female plucks from her body after she begins to sit. ^g.^^- 6-14; pale greenish buff, sometimes tinged with blue; X I4S- The Shoveller, remarkable by the broadness of its bill, is an inhabitant of the northern parts of both continents ; according to Richardson it frequents chiefly the clear lakes of the hy- perboreal districts, selecting for a breeding-place the Barren Grounds, where it remains to pass the summer, appearing in numbers in the more southern and woody country only in the spring and autumn when migrating. Early in Octobet these si o|. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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