CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 105 
LVIII. HISTRIONICUS Lesson. 1828. 
155. Harlequin Duck. 
Histrionicus histrionicus (LINN.) Boucarp. 1876. 
Observed on the east coast of Greenland; most common between 
lat. 62° to 65° N.; rarer to the northward. (Arct. Man.) Breeds 
at Godthavn, Vestbjord and other places in Greenland. (Winge.) 
A common summer migrant in Newfoundland, breeding on the 
borders of lakes and rivers. (Reeks.) A rare winter migrant 
around Nova Scotia. (Downs; H. F. Tufts.) A rare spring and 
autumn visitant in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) 
Abundant in Hudson strait—breeds in Ungava bay; plentiful on 
the eastern coast of Labrador. (Turner.) This bird was most 
numerous during the month of June at Cape Wales, Hudson strait. 
Apparently it does not breed, as it disappeared after that date. 
(Payne.) Forster recorded a specimen from the Hudson bay region, 
Blakiston says he examined one at York Factory and a specimen is 
recorded from James bay. (Preble.) Occasional in Quebec and 
Ontario. 
Richardson and Ross both speak of this being a rare bird toward 
the north and along the Arctic coast. Richardson says it frequents 
eddies under cascades and in rapid streams in the north. Dr. 
Coues found it breeding in turbulent streams entering Chief Moun- 
tain lake (Waterton lake), near the 49th parallel; and the writer, 
in July, 1885, found a mother and a young brood in a very rapid 
stream entering Kicking Horse lake at Hector, Rocky mountains, 
on the Canadian Pacific railway, at an altitude of 5,000 feet. Spread- 
borough found this species breeding at Canmore, near Banff, Rocky 
mountains, in June, 1891. A pair was shot, and others seen. He 
saw five on the Arrow lakes, May 18th, 1902. During the summer 
of 1898, this species was seen in many of the mountain tributaries 
of the Athabasca by the same observer. Both Nelson and Turner 
mention this bird as very common in the bays and along the coasts 
of Alaska, but it does not breed on the coast. Later collectors in 
Alaska do not appear to have found this bird to be very common. 
Nelson says it breeds on the clear streams of the interior, which 
agrees with our knowledge further to the south. Fannin says: ‘‘An 
abundant resident; breeds along the creeks close to the salt water 
