649 



SOMATEEIA STELLEEL 



(STELLER'S DUCK.) 



Anas stelleri, Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. vi. p. 35, tab. v. (1769, descr. orig.). 



Anas dispar, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, no. vii. (1786, descr. orig.). 



Clangula stelleri, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564. 



Anas occidua, Bonn, et Vieill. End. Meth. i. p. 130 (1823, descr. orig.). 



Fuligula dispar, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 206 (1824). 



Macropus stelleri, Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. ii. p. 451 (1834). 



Polysticta stelleri, Eyton, Hist. Rarer Brit. B. p. 79 (1836). 



Stellaria dispar, Bonap. Cornp. List of B. of Eur. & N. Am. p. 57 (1838). 



Eniconetta stelleri, Gray, List of Gen. of B. p. 95 (1840). 



Harelda stelleri, Keys. & Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 230 (1840). 



Heniconetta stelleri, Agass. Ind. Univ. p. 178 (1846). 



Somateria stelleri, A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 400. 



d pileo toto et collo postico purissime albis : linea frontali cum macula lorali et fascia occipitali viridibus : 

 regione oculari, gutture toto, torque collari et dorso toto saturate purpureo-nigris : scapularibus 

 elongatis nitide purpureo-nigris, albo marginatis, plumis omnibus ad basin albis : tectricibus alarum 

 superioribus omnibus albis : remigibus brunnescenti-nigris, secundariis purpureo-nigris, albo mar- 

 ginatis, pennis dorsalibus falciformibus versus apicem conspicue albis : cauda nigra : torque angusto 

 collari et collo laterali albis : corpore subtus lsete ferrugineo, pectore medio cum abdomine et sub- 

 caudalibus nigris : corpore laterali fulvo : tibiis brunnescentibus : pectore superiore laterali maculis 

 duabus purpureo-nigris distinctis notato : subalaribus albidis, margine alari brunnescenti vario : rostro 

 plumbeo. 



$ brunnea, pileo paullo olivascente, rufo vix notato : capitis lateribus et collo postico fulvescenti-rufo, brunneo 

 indistincte transfasciato : dorso saturate brunneo et rufo vario, plumis fulvo marginatis : tectricibus 

 alarum brunnescentibus, cineraceo lavatis : majoribus albo terminatis : remigibus brunnescenti-nigris, 

 secundariis purpureo-nigris albo terminatis, pennis dorsalibus ad apicem ddatatis, pogonio interno 

 cinereo lavato : cauda brunnea : gutture toto fulvescenti-rufo : collo inferiore albo et nigro vario : 

 pectore superiore et corpore laterali castaneis, nigro marmoratis : pectore inferiore cum abdomine et 

 subcaudalibus nigricantibus, his castaneo tinctis : subalaribus albis, margine alari brunneo. 



2 jun. brunnea, pileo paullo rufescenti transfasciato : dorsi plumis obsolete rufo marginatis : tectricibus 

 alarum brunneis, majoribus albo terminatis : remigibus brunneis, purpureo vix nitentibus, secundariis 

 albo terminatis : corpore subtus rufescente, gutture sordide fulvo, pectore reliquo fasciis obsoletis 

 nigricantibus ubique vario : subalaribus albidis. 



Adult Male. Top and sides of the head and a collar encircling the back of the neck silky white ; a narrow 

 line across the forehead, a loral spot, and an occipital patch of feathers, forming a slight crest, dull 

 olive-green; feathers of the throat, narrowing gradually to a line which divides the white collar and 

 joins another broad one which encircles the neck, glossy blue-black with a purple lustre in some lights, 



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