J56 HARLEQUIN GARROT. 



of pure white almost meeting behind, broadest on 

 the sides, and there succeeded by a narrow border 

 of black ; the breast and back are purplish grey, 

 intercepted opposite the bend of the wing with a 

 crescented band of white bordered on each side 

 with black ; breast and belly blackish-grey, sides 

 and flanks chestnut-brown, the long flank-feathers 

 being seen above the wings ; vent and under tail- 

 covers black, on the sides of the former there are 

 two or three larger feathers of a stifFer texture, hav- 

 ing white tips, which form a small but conspicuous 

 spot there. The middle and lower back with the 

 wings above the greater covers are brownish-black 

 tinted with purplish-grey ; the lower back and tail 

 black, the latter is more accuminated than in the 

 true Garrots. There is an interrupted spot of white 

 on the centre of the upper parts of the wings, from 

 some of the lesser covers being white with a nar- 

 row greyish border around the feathers ; the greater 

 covers are black tipped with white ; the scapulars 

 are white for two-thirds of their inner breadth, edged 

 with grey, a darker band intervening. The long 

 tertials are white on their outer webs, bordered 

 with blackish-brown ; the secondaries black, outer 

 webs glossy indigo-blue forming the speculum, quills 

 brownish black. 



The first specinens of the Harlequin Duck were 

 obtained in Scotland by Lord Seaforth, and some 

 others were afterwards procured in the Orkneys; 

 one or two have been killed in England, Mr. Yarrell 

 mentions having purchased two in the London 

 market, and the latest is recorded by the same 



