LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 



155. HARLEQUIN DUCK. 

 histrionicus. 



Histrionicus 



Range. Northern Hemisphere in America, 

 breeding from Newfoundland and the Rocky 

 Mountains in Colorado, northward. South in win- 

 ter to California and New England. 



A beautiful and most gorgeous bird, not in col- 

 ors, but in the oddity of the markings, the colors 

 only including black, white, gray and chestnut. 

 Either sex can be recognized by the small short 



Greenish buff 



bill. They breed mostly in single pairs along 

 swiftly running streams, placing their nest, which 

 is woven of weeds and grasses, in the ground 

 near the water. It is also claimed that they some- 

 times nest in hollow trees. They lay from five 

 to eight eggs, yellowish or greenish buff in color. 

 Size 2.30 x 1.60. Data. Peel River, Alaska, June 

 13, 1898. Seven eggs in a hollow in river bank, 

 lined with down. Collector, C. E. Whittaker. 





Harlequin Duck 



Labrador Due 



156. LABRADOR DUCK. 

 dorius. 



Camptorhynchus labra- 



This bird, whose range was from Labrador to New Jersey in the winter, 

 has probably been extinct since 1875, when the last authentic capture was 

 made. It is a strange fact that a bird of this character should have been 

 completely exterminated, even though they were often sold in the markets. 

 Only forty-one specimens are known to be preserved at present and nothing 

 is known in regard to their nesting habits or eggs. 



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