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gentleman to have been killed by the game-keeper 

 of Sir Philip Egerton, in Cheshire, during the winter 

 of 1840. Straggling specimens also occur in Central 

 Europe, and to the north, where perhaps a few may 

 breed, but in the Old World it seems rather to retreat 

 towards the north west. America seems to be the 

 true country of the Harlequin Garrot, and it is well 

 known to her ornithologists ; Audubon found them 

 breeding in the Bay of Fundy, under the bushes a 

 few yards from the water, but in Newfoundland 

 and Labrador they frequent for the same purpose, 

 the inland lakes, incubating near their edges. 



Following this bird we shall describe the genus 

 Harelda, which we stated had, in outward form, 

 some resemblance to it, but the Harelds vary in 

 addition to the points previously stated, in the struc- 

 ture of the trachea and in the great development of 

 the tertial feathers and tail. 



HARELDA, Ray. Generic characters. Bill short, 

 elevated at the base, contracting suddenly at 

 the tip, nail large, slightly notched, laminas 

 strong, apparent ; nostrils basal, linear ; wings 

 of mean length, accuminate, first and second 

 quill nearly equal, scapulars very long ;. tarsi 

 short, feet of mean size, hallux lobed; tail 

 elongated. 



Type. H. glacialis, &c. Europe, America. 



Note. Habits maritime; plumage of the summer 

 and winter dissimilar. 



