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ANATID.E. 



NATATORIiS. 



ANATIDJE. 



STELLER^S WESTERN DUCK. 



FuUgida dispar. Western Pochard, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 360. 



,, ,^ ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 243. 



,, ,, ,, Duck, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Polysticta Stelleri, ,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 79. 



Anas dispar. Canard de Steller, Temm. IMan. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 547. 



A SINGLE example of this rare species of Duck was shot on 

 the 10th of February 1830, at Caistor, about three miles 

 north of Yarmouth, in Norfollc, and was soon afterwards 

 presented to the Norwich Museum by the Rev. George 

 Steward, as stated by Messrs. C. and J. Paget, in their 

 Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth and its neigh- 

 bourhood. It has since been noticed by the various authors 

 above named, whose synonyms are quoted, and by the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Charles Buckler, who allowed me the use of a 



