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NATATORES. 



ANATTD^. 



ANATID^E. 



STELLER'S WESTERN DUCK. 

 Somateria dispar. 



Fuligida dispar, Western Pochard, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 360. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 243. 



Duck, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Polysticta Stelleri, EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 79. 



Anas dispar, Canard de Steller, TEMM. Man. 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 Norfolk, and was soon after- 

 wards 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 

 neighbourhood. It has since been noticed by the various 

 authors above named, whose synonyms are quoted, and by 



