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the male bird. Weight of this species from one 

 and three-quarters to two pounds. The Squaw 

 is found on the coast of Alaska but is rarely 

 seen on the western coast of the United States. 

 It is common all along the coasts of northern 

 Europe and Asia. 



THE HARLEQUIN DUCK. ^'LORD AND 



LADY." 



(Histrionicus histrionicus.) 



This bird inhabits nearly the whole of the 

 northern hemisphere, Europe, Asia, Green- 

 land, Iceland and North America. In our own 

 country it breeds rarely in our northern States, 

 more commonly in the Arctic regions. It also 

 nests in the interior in the mountains, the 

 Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas, which fact 

 seems strange to our sportsmen of the north- 

 east, for to them the Harlequin is a bird of the 

 deep water, only found in any number far out 

 to sea with the king eiders. It is reported to 

 have bred along the eastern coast line of New 

 England and in the Bay of Fundy, but probably 

 is nowhere numerous in the nesting season south 



