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Show 396 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, peared; and we have consequently found it necessary to revert the older name. This Duck is found near Mendoza, according to Burmeister, at the foot of the Cordilleras in the lagoons and rivers. It also occurs in the lakes of the Pampas and near Buenos Ayres, where birds are often sold in the market. In Southern Chili and Valdivia, as stated by Philippi and Landbeck, it is a rare species, but is more common in the central provinces. It is one of the wildest and scarcest birds in East Falkland. Capt. Abbott never found its nest, but says that young ones were seen in a pond near Port Louis in January. Genus 9. SPATULA. Type. Spatula, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563 S. clypeata. Bhynchaspis, Stephens, G. Z. xii. pt. 2, p. 114 (1824). A clypeata. Two Shovellers are likewise found within Neotropical boundaries. One of them is a northern immigrant, only met with in the Antilles ; the other a fine well-marked southern endemic species. 1. SPATULA CLYPEATA. Anas clypeata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 200 (1766). Spatula clypeata, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564 ; Baird, B. N.Am. p. 781; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 (Guatemala), et Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 130; Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 20 (Mexico); Newton, Ibis, 1860, p. 308 (St. Thomas) ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica); Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 389, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 379 (Cuba); Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 518 (1866) (Trinidad) ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). Rhynchaspis clypeata, Cab. J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 228 (Cuba). Hab. Mexico (Boucard, Grayson) ; Guatemala (Salvin) ; Cuba (Gundlach); Jamaica (March). In Cuba, according to Dr. Gundlach, the Shoveller is a regular winter visitant, remaining from September to April. It also appears in Jamaica in considerable numbers. In Mexico it has been found at Guaymas and Mazatlan, as well as in S. Mexico. In Guatemala it is common in winter. 2. SPATULA PLATALEA. Pato espatulato, Az. Apunt. no. 431 (Buenos Ayres), unde Anas platalea, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 157 (1816), et Enc. Meth. p. 357 (1823); Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 517 (Panama and Buenos Ayres) ; Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 35. Spatula platalea, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27; Scl. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 335 (Chili); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 145 (Buenos Ayres), et Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 130. Bhynchaspis maculatus, Gould, MS.; Jard. & Selb. III. Orn. t. 147; Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 134 (1838); Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 43. Dafla casio-scapulata, Reich. Natat. tab. Ii. f. 180; Bibra, |
