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[§ 5787. Zwo.—Djendeli, 24 June, 1857. From Mr. Salvin. 
Mr. Salvin’s note is that these were out of a nest of four brought to 
Mr. Simpson. Of the species he wrote it is “ perhaps the commonest Duck at 
Zana. It occurs also at Djendeli and the Chemora, and also at Guerah el 
Tharf. Though many.of the eggs of this species were brought to us by Arabs, 
we could, without much danger of error, name them. The Wigeon does not 
occur, at least none of us ever saw it, and so conspicuous a bird could hardly 
have escaped us in so small a place as Zana. Of the unidentified eggs of this 
species I entertain no moral doubt.’’] 
[§ 5788. Mour.—Ouderkerk, Holland, 30 May, 1856. From 
Mr. Jobn Baker. 
Mr. Baker was very confident as to the genuineness of these eggs, which I 
was at first inclined to doubt, until I saw how well they agreed with others 
attributed with more or less probability to the species. | 
COSMONETTA HISTRIONICA (Linneus). 
HARLEQUIN-DUCK. 
§ 5789. One.—LaxA, Iceland, 1846. From Mr. Henry 
Milner, 1847. 
This bird was only found breeding, said Mr. Milner, by the streams 
and rivulets, so much so that he doubts whether Mr. Atkinson could 
have found it by a lake. A man who had failed in rearing 
Harlequin-Ducks had some penned over a rapid stream, hoping 
thereby to succeed. This specimen was one of three taken by their 
(his?) own hands. 
§ 5799. One.—lIceland, 1846. From Mr. D. Graham, of York, 
1847. 
Marked faintly in pencil on the upper side Strymander, as my 
specimen from Mr. Proctor [§ 5791] is in ink. Mr. Milner well 
remembers the Icelandic name of the Harlequin-Duck. 
[This egg was evidently not taken by Mr. Milner nor his attendant, but 
obtained from a native. The name should have been written Strawmond. | 
