. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 66 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD 2 136*Aiistralian Shoveller, Bluewing, Spoonbill-Duck, Stin- 4 ker, Kuruwhengi, Spatula rhynchotis. A., T., , =vt. Eur. Shoveller. Nom. freshwater Crown brownish-black; white line before eye, side of neck; head, neck gray tinged green; under chestnut- brown mottled black; flanks chestnut banded black; back-feathers blackish edged grayish; blue, white, green on wing; throat black; quills dark-brown; under- wing white; f., duller; head, neck buff marked brown; un
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 66 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD 2 136*Aiistralian Shoveller, Bluewing, Spoonbill-Duck, Stin- 4 ker, Kuruwhengi, Spatula rhynchotis. A., T., , =vt. Eur. Shoveller. Nom. freshwater Crown brownish-black; white line before eye, side of neck; head, neck gray tinged green; under chestnut- brown mottled black; flanks chestnut banded black; back-feathers blackish edged grayish; blue, white, green on wing; throat black; quills dark-brown; under- wing white; f., duller; head, neck buff marked brown; under mottled brown, buff. Water-plants, shellfish, insects. of Iceland and the Logger-head, Racehorse, or Steamer Duck, of Magellan Straits, which is said to lose the power of flight on reach- ing maturity after the first moult. Thus the life-history tells us that this bird is a degenerate form, and not a primitive flight- less form, for it has evidently descended from flying ancestors. It uses its wings to row itself along at great speed. The ninth sub-family of this group of swimming birds contains two native Ducks. The Blue-billed Duck, the first of these, is "especially adapted for immersion and for obtaining its food from the bottom of the water rather than on its ; It was thought by Gould to be confined to the coastal lagoons of Western Australia, but it has since been recorded from inland in Victoria, and four specimens have been taken in Tasmania. It remains under the water for a considerable time, and, if hunted,. 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 Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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