STELLER'S WESTERN DUCK. 305 



NA TA TORES. A NA TIDM. 



STELLEITS WESTERN DUCK. 

 Somateria dispar. 



Fuligula dispar^ Western Pochard, 



Polysticta Stelleri, 



Anas dispar, Canard de Steller, 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 360. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 243. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 

 EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 79. 

 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 afterwards 

 presented to the Norwich Museum by the Eev. 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 



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