214 Dalgleish on North American Birds in Europe. 



5. One, Loch of Strathbeg, Banffshire. Gray, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) 

 In Banff Museum. ? 



Obs. — Two other instances have been recorded, one in error, the other 

 very doubtful (fide Harting, 1. c.) ; the former said to have been obtained 

 in Orkney, in 1841 (Yarrell, Br. B., IIT, 379), was found to have been an 

 American skin ; the latter, one in the British Museum labelled Norfolk, 

 whose authenticity may be doubted. This species is included in Dono- 

 van's British Birds., X, pi. 226, but no locality is named or authority 

 given for such record. 



LVI. Histrionicus torquatus, Bonap. Harlequin Duck. 



Great Britain. 1. A pair, Scotland. Montague, Orn. Diet. (Sow- 

 erby, Brit. Miscell , 1806, p. 11, pi. 6.) ? 



2. One, Aberdeenshire. Gray, B. of W. of Scot., p. 394. (Harting, 

 Hand-book Br. B., p. 160.) 1858. 



Obs. — Messrs. Harting (1. c), Newton (Ibis, 1850, p. 165), and J. H. 

 Gurney (Rambles of a Naturalist, p. 263), have investigated all the re- 

 corded instances of this species, in Britain, and the latter, -who has gone 

 very carefully into the subject, states his belief that the above two records 

 are the only authentic ones, the others which follow being divided into 

 two classes, those which are doubtful, and those which have proved to be 

 mistakes. 



1st. Doubtful instances: — 



1. One, Orkney. Sowerby, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) ? 



2. One, Devonshire. Mooi'e, Cat. Birds Devon. (Harting, 1. c.) ? 



3. One, Yarmouth. 'Paget, Sketch. Nat. Hist. Yarmouth, p. 12. 

 (Harting, 1. c.) ? 



4. One, near Yarmouth. Presented to Norwich Museum by Mr. Gur- 

 ney, Sr., in 1839, who is doubtful of its authenticity. (Zobl., 1st series, 

 p. 1380.) ? 



5. Two young females, obtained in the London market. Yarrell, Br. 

 B., 1st ed., HI, p. 263. ? 



6. One, Cheshire. Yarrell, Br. B., 2d ed., IH, p. 366. Dec, ISJfO. 



7. One, Caithness. Gray, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) Prior to March, ISJfl. 



8. One, Loch of Strathbeg, Banffshire. Edward, Naturalist, 1854, p. 

 242. " A few winters ago." ? 



9. One, on the Don, near Doncaster. Morris, Br. B., V, p. 258. ? 



10. One. Simeon's Stray Notes on Fishing. (Gurney, 1. c.) ? 

 2d. — Erroneous records : — 



1. One, Lancashire. Banister, Zobl., 1st series, p. 145. ? 



2. One, Bridlington. Zobl., 2d series, p. 22. Proved to be a young 

 Long-tailed Duck. ? 



3. One, Plymouth. Moore, Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, p. 365. Also 

 proved to be a young Long-tailed Duck, f 



