122 
Fem. brown duck, with marks on the head similar to the male, 
but obscure. 
IN. IN 
Length 163 DUNE TOR a Sicolinaeeaee 13 
ESD caaehevas kivos'ade sans 1 BET SERS ee 23 
DNGE Naa wircossicemaetts 14 Oyler tod so tee civic as 21 
Male: crown black; between the base of the bill and the eye is a 
triangular patch of white, with the small end towards the bill, from — 
the upper corner of which a streak varying in intensity proceeds over 
the eye to the occiput; back of the neck black, with an elongated 
white streak on each side; throat and upper part of the neck shining 
violet-black; an auricular patch white ; collar and a streak extending 
nearly from the point of one wing round the front of the breast to 
that of the other, wing coverts, and tertiaries, white; breast, belly, 
and vent brown; tail and wings dark umber-brown; wing-spot 
purple; bill and legs lead-coloured, tipped with red ; irides hazel. 
Fem.: brown, with the margins of the feathers paler; a spot 
between the base of the bill and the eye, and an auricular one, 
whitish ; belly and vent white, blotched with brown; rather smaller 
than the male. 
Clangula histvionicd vse Steph. Sh. Zool. 1. 180. 
Eyton, Hist. i. Brit. Birds, 
84. 
ANAS NistTionicd ....cscaceesecees Lynn. Syst. 1. 204. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 534. 
AGES MUNULD <2 <i ciyce bod Godantiens Linn. Syst. 1. 204. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 584. 
UGS LOL RUEIE® as, baka, annie Gmel. Syst. 1. 514. 
Harlequin Duck.. . Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 490. 
Dusky and Spotted Duck oo... Edw. Glea, pl. 99. 
Le canard a collier de terre 
EO RES COP RES aR Lae ae Buff. Ois. 9. 250. 
Canard a collier ou histrion... Temm. Man. 2. 878. 
La sarcelle brun et blanche.... Buff. Ois. 9. 287. 
Le canard de terre neuve ...... Viewll, Hn. Method. Orn. 
Le canard histrion......csecceess Viel, Hn. Method. Orn. 1. 
146. 
Inhabits the northern regions of both the American and European 
Continents. A few specimens have been occasionally killed in 
Orkney and the northern islands; migrates northwards to breed ; the 
female lays ten white eggs. 
