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[fuliguunje. 



GENUS IV. POLYSTICTA. 



Pedes magni, cligitis posterioribus lobatis. Rostrum ad basin elevatum, ad 

 Caput parvum, et cristatum maribus. Cauda brevis et acuta. Remiges 



Ignoti. 

 Feet large, with the posterior toes lobated. 

 Head small, and crested in the 



Bill elevated at the base, 

 male. Tail short, sharp. 



Ext. Char. 

 apicem angustatum. 

 tertice longfe. 



An at. Char. 



Ext. Char. 

 narrowed towards the point. 

 Tertiaries long. 



Anat. Char. Unknown. 



Anas. Linn. 



Fuligula. Gould. 



Macro-pus. Nuttall. 



Polvsticta nobis. 



Type. Polysticta stelleri. 



After we bad proposed Polysticta as a new generic name for the Western Duck, we found 

 that Nuttall, in his American Ornithology, had also made it into a new genus. Which name has 

 the priority we are uncertain ; but that proposed by Mr. Nuttall (Macropus) having been used as 

 a generic appellation to a genus of kangaroos, cannot stand. Our own, therefore, is that which 

 we have placed at the head of this genus. 



