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is a male iu the Upsala collection, supposed to have been 

 obtained somewhere on the Swedish coast, and a male in the 

 Bambei-g Museum, said to have been shot in Tyrol in 1852. 

 If the notes of Mr. Henke, published by Mr. Seebohm, are 

 to be received implicitly, then " the Harlequin Duck is a 

 rare summer visitor " to the neighbourhood of Archangel 

 (Ibis, 1882, p. 384) ; but there is no confirmatory evidence 

 of this, or of the old statement that this Duck is found on 

 the Caspian and the Aral. It has not been observed on 

 Novaya Zemlya, nor at the mouth of the Petchora ; Dr. 

 Finsch did not meet with it on the Ob, nor Mr. Seebohm 

 on the Yenesei. In the eastern half of Asiatic Siberia it is 

 found on the waters of the mountains and highlands, from 

 Lake Baikal and the Amoor to Kamtschatka, the Stanowoi 

 Mountains, and the Sea of Okhotsk ; thence, by way of the 

 Kuril Islands, we trace it to northern Japan in winter. 

 Crossing Bering Sea, it occurs sparingly in the breeding- 

 season, in suitable localities, in Alaska, California down to 

 the upper waters of the Stanislaus at about 4000 feet 

 elevation, the Fur Countries up to the Arctic Circle, and 

 the interior of Labrador, and Newfoundland ; migrating as 

 far south as the Middle States in winter. In Greenland it 

 has been observed on both coasts : principally between 62° 

 and 65° N. lat. 



Iceland is the nearest point to the British Islands where 

 the Harlequin Duck is to be found ; and there it appears to 

 be resident, migrating from the northern to the southern 

 districts in the winter. Mr. Shepherd observed it in con- 

 siderable numbers in the north-west portion, frequenting 

 the Laxa and other rapid streams, and making its nest in 

 holes in the banks ; and Dr. Kruper states that near My- 

 vatn it always selects holes in the lava, or under stones ; 

 the eggs being buried in a whitish down. In Newfoundland, 

 Dr. C. Hart Merriam was assured by Mr. J. P. Howley and 

 other authorities that the Harlequins, which are there called 

 ' Lords,' and ' Ladies,' made their nests in hollow trees, like 

 the Wood Duck. The eggs are of a creamy buff-colour ; 

 average measurements 2-2 by 1-7 in. 



