226 British Birds ^ 



very interesting notice of one of its habits connected 

 with its breeding time will be inserted. 



BUFFEL-HEADED J)'\JC¥i-^{Cla7zgula albeola ; 

 formerly, Fuligida albeola), 



A visitor, but a very rare one, to our shores in 

 winter. 



, ^ LONG-TAILED Vi\5Q-^—{Harelda glacialis ; 



1 ^ formerly, Fuligula glacialis). 



Another bird which, like the two last, is sufficiently 

 well known without being exceedingly or indeed in 

 the least degree numerous. It is, in fact, a rather rare 

 and very beautiful Duck, and is remarkable for the 

 great variations of plumage to which it is liable, 

 according to differences of age, sex, and season. It 

 breeds abundantly in Norway and Denmark, and 

 much more so in purely Arctic regions. 



^'J., HARLEQUIN DUCK — {Cosjnoneita histrionica ; 

 *' ' formerly, Fuliguld histrionica). 



Another very beautiful bird, and most peculiarly 

 marked. So much so as to remind its sponsors, as it 

 appears, of the artistic effects produced by the custom- 

 ary pictorial adornment of our facetious friend Harle- 

 quin's face. A rarer bird, however, than even the 

 Long-tailed Duck last named. 



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EIDER, jyiJCK—iSomateria mollissima). 

 St. Cuthbert's Duck. — We have now arrived at 



