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STELLERIA. 



A genus, to which various names, as Stelleria, Polysticta, 

 Macropus, has been given, seems to many ornithologists neces- 

 sary for the reception of a Duck, first named Anas dispar by 

 Gmelin, and which some have considered as a Pochard, others 

 as a Scaup-Duck, a Garrot, or an Eider. Not having seen 

 this bird, I am not qualified to speak decidedly as to its posi- 

 tion; but, judging from the figures and descriptions of recent 

 authors, I should feel disposed to agree with Mr. Yarrell in 

 placing it among or near the Eiders. 



