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Scoter, and forms by its position one of the principal distinctive 

 marks of the genus Undina, a new genus instituted by Mr. 

 Gould, and in which the above bird is placed. 



Edwards gives a figure of the Surf Duck, under the name of 

 the Great Black Duck, and says, that he believes it had never 

 before been described, but that he cannot say so with respect to 

 its figuring, because he thinks he has discovered a draught of it 

 in a small set of Dutch prints of birds, published at Amsterdam, 

 by Nicola Visscher, anno 1659. 



