30 THE GAME BIRDS 
28. HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
LORD AND LADY. PAINTED DUCK. 
Histrionicus histrionicus. 
Sexes very unlike. Predominating color 
of the drake dull purple, darker on the up- 
per parts than on the lower, changing to 
chestnut on the sides; marked with white as 
follows: a patch in front of. eye, curling 
over it toward the crown, where it changes to 
brown; a round spot on side of head, just 
below which is a long patch on side of neck; 
a collar about the neck, and patches on wings 
and each side of the root of the tail, besides 
a white crescent on breast in front of each 
wing; bill greenish-yellow; feet gray-blue 
with dark webs; eyes red-brown. Predomi- 
nating color of female brownish-gray, to 
whitish on under parts ; a whitish spot before 
the eye and behind the ear; bill and feet 
bluish; eyes brown; length 14 feet or a little 
less; extent of wings 2 feet or over. 
Habitat — Northern hemisphere, south in 
winter to latitude 40° north. These beauti- 
ful ducks are not common farther south than 
the coast of Maine on the east coast, and 
northern California on the west. ‘They are 
well known to gunners principally from their 
rarity and their variegated plumage, than 
from any qualities as a food bird. The fe- 
male is much smaller, and entirely different 
in general appearance from the male. 
