HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



Histrioniciis histrionicus (Linn.). 



The general color of the male harlequin is leaden- 

 blue, marked with black, white and chestnut, as fol- 

 lows : Space between base of bill and eye, with a strip 

 extending along the crown, a round spot near the ear, a 

 narrow strip extending from below the ear a short dis- 

 tance down the upper neck, a narrow collar around the 

 lower neck, a bar across the side of breast, in front of 

 the bend of the wing, a part of the scapulars and ter- 

 tiary feathers, tips of some of the greater wing-coverts, 

 a spot on the lesser wing-coverts and a round spot on 

 either side, just before the tail, white. The collar about 



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