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casionally observed in Massachusetts Bay. I have seen several 

 handsome specimens that were procured at Halifax, at which local- 

 ity I am informed it is not uncommon. On the shores of Long 

 Island I have known the young only to occur, although some of 

 our most experienced bay-men say that a number of years since, the 

 occurrence of the adult was not unusual. 



"The Harlequin Duck is an inhabitant of both continents. It is 

 an excellent diver — has a whistling note — flies swiftly, and to a 

 great elevation." Its singular and handsome markings render it 

 very conspicuous, and it is known to the gunners by the high-soun- 

 ding appellation of the " lord.". It is much admired in cabinet, and 

 its flesh is said to be superior for the table. 



FULIGULA GLACIALIS— LINN. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



Long-tailed Duck, Anas glacialis, Wils. Amer. Om. 



Fuligala glacialis, Bouap. Syn. 



Long-tailed Duck, Harelda glacialis, Sw. & Rich. 



Long-tailed Duck, Nutt. Man. 



Long-tailed Duck, Fuligula glacialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Length of bill, from the termination of the 

 frontlet feathers to the point, one inch and one sixteenth — the upper 

 mandible rounded; the sides very thin; the bill rather deeply serrated, 

 and furnished with a long nail ; tail-feathers acute. In the male the 

 middle pair of tail-feathers are extended about four inches beyond the 

 next longest, which character is wanting with the female. Adult 

 male with the bill black at the base ; anterior to the nostril reddish- 

 orange, with a dusky line margining the nail; fore part of the head 

 white, the same color passing over the head down the hind-:ieck 

 on the back ; eyes dark red : cheeks and loral space dusky white, 

 with a few touches of yellowish-brown ; a black patch on the sides 

 of the neck terminating in reddish-brown ; fore-neck white; breast 

 brownish-black, terminating in an oval form on the abdomen — the 

 latter white; flanks bluish-white; primaries dark brown ; seconda- 

 ries lighter brown, their coverts black; a semicircular band of black 

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