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CLANGULA HISTRIONICA. THE HARLEQUIN 

 GARROT. 



ILSJILEQUIN DUCK. 



Anas histrionica. Linii. Syst. Nat. I. 204. 



Anas minuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 204. 



Anas histrionica. Lath. Ind. Omith. IL 849. 



Harlequin Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Canard a collier ou Ilistrion. Anas histrionica. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



II. 878. 

 Harlequin Garrot. Clangula histrionica. Selby, Illustr. IL 371. 

 Clangula histiionica. Harlequin GaiTot. Jenyns, Brit. Yert. Aniiu. 24G. 

 Clangula histrionica. Bonap. Comp. List, 58. 



Male about seventeen inches long, loith the bill yelloioish- 

 brown, the feet greyish blue, the webs dusky ; the head, upper 

 neck, and upper parts of the body dusky greyish blue ; a trian- 

 gidar ichite patch before the eye, a round spot behind the ear, 

 a longitudinal mark on the neck, a narrow collar about its 

 middle, a band across its lower fore part, some of the scapu- 

 lars, the tips of the secondaries, and a spot on the side of the 

 rump, white ; a band of white and light-red over the eye to the 

 nape ; the space between the lohite bands on the neck, and the 

 fore p>art of the breast, light greyish-blue, the hind part tinged 

 loith broion, the sides light-red, the feathers under and above 

 the tail bluish-black ; all the white markings on the head and 

 neck edged with black. Female about fifteen inches long, with 

 the bill and feet dull gretjish-blue, the general colour of the 

 plumage greyish-brown, lighter beneath ; the fore part of the 

 head brownish-white, and a roundish white spot behind the 

 ear. Young similar to the female, having the upper parts 

 didl brown, the lower brownish-white, transversely undidated 

 with brown. 



