DUCKS 461 



p. 119. Formerly in the collection of Mr. Rising, of 

 Horsey, near Yarmouth ; now in the Norwich Museum. 



One, West Mud, near Devonport, winter 1841. In the 

 collection of Rev. W. Hore, of Barnstaple, who in Sept. 

 1870 showed me the bird, and gave mo the above- 

 mentioned particulars, liut see D'Urban and Mathcw, 

 " Bu-ds of Devon," p. 238. 



One, Bessingly Beck, near Bridlington, Yorkshire, winter 

 1864-65: Cordeaux, ZooL, 1865, p. 13659. The precise 

 locality was subsequently communicated in a letter by 

 Mr. Cordeaux. In the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker. 



One in British Museum, labelled " Norfolk : " Gray, " Cat. 

 Brit. Birds in Brit. Mus.," p. 226. The authenticity of 

 this specimen is very doubtful. 



One, Loch of Loriston, Aberdeenshire, January 1865 : R. 

 Gray, " Birds of West of Scotland," p. 396. In the 

 possession of Mr. Angus of Aberdeen. 



One, Loch of Strathbeg, " many years ago : " R. Gray, I.e. 

 In the Banft' Museum. 



Obs. The Buffle-headed Duck is included by 

 Donovan in his work on British Birds (vol. x. pi. 

 226) ; but no authority is given for such insertion, 

 nor is any locality mentioned. 



HARLEQUIN DUCK. Histrionicus torquatus, Bonap. 

 Length, 17'5 in.; bill, 1*25 in.; wing, 8 in. ; tarsus, 

 1-3 in. 



Hah. Northern Asia and America ; accidentally in 

 Europe. 



A pair, Scotland : Montagu, " Orn, Diet. ; " Sowerby, 



" British Miscellany " (1806), p. 11, pi. 6. 

 One, Orkney : Sowerby, I.e. ; Baikie and Heddle, " Hist. 



Nat. Orcadensis," p. 81. Probably authentic. 

 One, Devonshire, winter 1830: Moore, "Cat. Birds 



