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TAB. VI. 



ANAS histrionica. 

 Harlequin Duck. 



Class 3. Aves. Orders. Anseres. 



Gen. Char. Beak with lamellar teeth, convex, obtuse. 

 Nostrils ovate. Tongue ciliated, obtuse. Feet 

 palmated; the three front toes united by a mem- 

 brane ; hind ones without a membrane. 

 Spec. Char. Male fuscous, varied with white and 

 blue; ears with a white line; neck and breast 

 with a white stripe. Female grey; ears white ; 

 first wing-coverts blackish. 

 Male. 



Syn. Anas histrionica. Linv. Si/st. i. 204. 35. 

 Briin. Orn. no. S4!, 85. Mull. no. 127. Faun. 

 Grcenl. no. 46. Georgi Reise, p. 166. Phil. 

 Trans. Ixii. 417. Frisch. t. 151. 



Brimond. Olaff. Icel. ii. t. 34. 



Le Canard a Collier de Terre Neuve. Bris, Orn. vi. 

 362. 14. Buff. Ois. ix. 250. PL Enl. 798. 



Stone Duck. Hist. Ka7ntsch. 160. 



Dusky and spotted Duck. Edw. pi. 99. 



Harlequin Duck. ^rct. Zool. no. 490. Lath. Syn. 

 vi. 484. 38. 

 Female. 



Anas minuta. Linn. Syst. i. 204. ^G. Brun. no. 86. 

 Faun. Grocnl. no. 46. 



La Sarcelle de la Baye de Hudson. Bris. Orn. vi. 

 469. 41. 



Le Canard brun. Buff. Ois. ix. 252. PL Enl. 1007. 



brun et blanc. Biff. Ois. ix. 287. PL 



EnL 799. 



Little brown and white Duck. Echu. pi. 157. 

 Catesh. Car. 1. 98. 



Harlequin Duck female. Lath. Syn. vi. 485, 38. 



