HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



NATATORES. 



ANATIDM. 





THE HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



Fuligula Jiistrionica. 



Anas histrionica, Harlequin Duck, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 269, Edit 1812. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 388. 



Clangula FLEM. Brit. An. p. 120. 



Garrot, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 371. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 246. 



Duck., EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 84. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



Anas Canard Histrion., TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 878. 



THIS beautiful species, which, from the great variety in 

 its colours and markings, is called the Harlequin Duck, 

 is another of the winter visiters to our coast, but is still 

 more rare than the Long-tailed Duck last described. The 



