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WESTERN DUCK. 
Male: white duck, with the forehead and occiput green; neck with 
a black collar. 
_Fem.: ferruginous duck, marked with black and dusky, with fe 
white spots on the wing coverts. 
LANG tN esessnerevaivecesrseceesces 17 inches. 
Male: chin, throat, fore part of the neck, and collar black; a 
black stripe extends from the collar down the neck to the back, which 
is also black; head sides and the upper part of the neck to the collar 
white; forehead and nape greenish; a black irregular patch behind 
the eyes, with a narrow band proceeding from it, and surrounding the 
orbits; breast and sides light ferruginous; vent and tail black, with 
the edges of the feathers lighter; a humeral spot black; quills dark 
brown ; tertiaries (very long) black, edged with light brown. 
Fem.: ferruginous, marbled with dark and black, with two white — 
spots upon the wing coverts, the feathers of which are straight and 
blackish. (Nutiail.) 
Tniconelia sie Dine Le Sx tone ey. Mpwcalaa erg Tee 
PGES WIS POT es. acaatectdr'eceesss Gmel. Syst. 1. 535. 
AMES SEOULOT USS Sins Sine awe e's ges» Gimnel. Syst. 1. 518. 
Pail. Spice. Zool. v. p. 35, 
tab. 5. ; 
Polysticta Stelleri ....ceceecseees Eyton, Hist. R. Brit. Birds, 
2: 
Macropus Stelleri: .icccrseccseees Nuttall, Orn. 2. 451. 
PUligla Steer 2c ceseiveeawass Bonap. Syn. 344. 
First discovered by Steller, in Kamschatka, and do not appear to 
stray far from their native place. A pair were shot in Oster Goth- 
land, in Sweden, and are figured by Sparman. Another was killed in 
the British Isles. Nothing is known of the anatomy of this beautiful 
species. 
KAMPTORHYNCHUS LABRADORUS. 
Kamp. Mas.—Dorso, primariis, collo, fascia occipitali, subtusque, 
atris. 
Kamp. Fem.—Canite, mento, collogue cinereo; dorso alisque 
obscuris. 
