RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 
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WESTERN DUCK. 
Polysticta Stelleri. Pallas. 
Two specimens of this elegant bird are mentioned in Sir 
William Jardine’s and Mr. Selby’s “ Illustrations of British 
and of General Ornithology” as obtained in Europe, one in 
Denmark, another in the British Isles, during the month of 
February, 1830, at Carsted, near Yarmouth, and is now in the 
possession of the Rev. George Steward, rector of that place. 
It is found on the north-western shores of the American Con- 
tinent, and in Kamschatka, generally Hying in flocks, and 
breeding among the rocks. 
