HARLEQUIN DUCK 



HARLEQUIN GARROT. 



PLATE CXCVIIL FIGURE II. 



Cosmonetta histrionica, . . DRESSER. 



Anas histrionica, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Clangula histrionica, , . FLEMING. SELBY. 



THE Harlequin Duck, of which only two authentic occur- 

 rences in Scotland are on record, breeds in Iceland and 

 the Arctic regions, but there is no trustworthy information 

 regarding its nest. Dresser says that he does not know 

 any careful description of it, but that it is doubtless a depres- 

 sion scratched in the ground and lined with herbage and the 

 down of the bird itself. Kriiper says it makes its nest in 

 Iceland on the ground, close to the water's edge, and carefully 

 concealed. 



The number of eggs varies from eight to ten ; they are of 

 a warm creamy colour, and very smooth in texture. 



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