420 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



near the North Cape, where they most probably breed. I 

 never saw nor heard of an authentic egg taken in Scan- 

 dinavia. 



275. CLANGULA HISTEIONICA, Flem. Strom And. The Har- 



lequin Duck. D. 



One of the most beautiful of all the diving ducks ; 

 beak shorter than tarsus, small ; no white band behind 

 the blue speculum ; nostrils basal ; iris brown ; legs 

 blackish. The chief colour in the male is slate blue ; 

 head violet black, with a large three-cornered white 

 spot on each side, behind the root of the beak ; two 

 white cravats ; rusty red on the body sides, and a large 

 white shoulder spot. Female, grey-brown with a white 

 spot under the eye, and on the ear ; wing speculum not 

 apparent ; middle of the breast whitish ; length about 

 18 in.; tail 3 in.; beak 1 in. 2 1. long, 61. high at the 

 root, and 4J 1. broad ; 3 in. broad at the tip ; tarsus 

 lin. 41. 



The egg much resembles that of the long- tailed duck, 

 but is rather longer, and more yellowish white. 



276. C. GLACIALIS, Boie. Alfogel. The Long-tailed 



Duck. D. F. 



Beak short, black, often with a reddish cross band ; a 

 dark spot on the cheeks and sides of neck; tail long, four- 

 teen feathers, the middle ones in the male very long, small, 

 and pointed, the short outer ones with white edges ; the 

 longest pair all black. Male, in the winter or handsomest 

 dress (and in this dress I shot them in Lapland as late as 

 June), white head, with a reddish tinge ; a long crescent- 

 shaped red spot at the back of the eye; breast, back, 

 and the middle wing feathers, black -brown ; the white 

 shoulder feathers very long and pointed. Length 20 in. ; 

 beak 1 in. ; tarsus 1 in. 2 1. ; tail very pointed, the side 

 feathers, 2 in., and the middle ones, 9 in. long. 

 The old female, in winter dress, differs from the male 

 in wanting the two long pointed tail feathers, and the long 

 shoulder feathers, and the young male differs from the 



