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parts of Asia, Africa, and America. It builds 
its nest on the ground among rushes, &c. The 
eges are from ten to twelve in number, of a greenish 
white colour. 
DUCK, STELLER’S WESTERN. 
ANAS DISPAR, Temm. 
This species inhabits Asia and North America, 
and was obtained by Steller in Kamschatka, where 
it breeds upon rocks inaccessible to man. Speci- 
mens have been brought from the western side of 
North America, whence the name of Western 
Duck. It has been met with but rarely in Sweden 
and Denmark, and is known to visit the eastern 
part of the north of Europe and occasionally Ger- 
many. A single individual of this species, which 
is now in the Norwich Museum, was shot in 
February, 1830, near Yarmouth. It is stated that 
this duck flies in flocks, and never enters the 
mouths of rivers. Its food consists of marine 
insects, with mollusce, naked and testaceous. 
DUCK, COMMON TEAL. 
ANAS crecca, Lin. 
This beautiful and active species, the smallest 
British bird of its family, is generally dispersed, 
