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parts of Asia, Africa, and America. It builds 

 its nest on the ground among rushes, &c. The 

 eggs are from ten to twelve in number, of a greenish 

 white colour. 



DUCK, STELLER'S WESTERN. 



ANAS DISPAK, 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 

 they fly in flocks, and never enter the mouths of 

 rivers. Their food consists of marine insects, with 

 molluscse, naked and testaceous. 



DUCK, COMMON TEAL. 



ANAS CEECCA, Lin. 



This beautiful and active species, the smallest 

 British bird of its family, is generally dispersed, 



