272 animals in menageries. 



The Harlequin Duck. 



Clangula Histrionica, Leach. (Fig. 43.) 



Blackish^ with a narrow collar, broad pectoral bar, and 

 three spots on the sides of the head, pure white : 

 above the eyes a ferruginous stripe : flanks chest- 

 nut : mirror glossy black-blue, margined before and 

 above with white. — Male. 



Clangula Histrionica, Rich. North. Zool. ii. 459. Selb^/, ii. 

 370. Anas Histrionica, Forster, Phil. Trans, xiii. p. 429. 

 Pennant, Arctic Zool ii. 490. Wilson, viii. pi. 72. f, 4. 

 Soicerhijs Brit. Miss. pi. 6. Harlequin Duck, Pennant, 

 Latham, &c. Dusky and spotted Duck, Edwards, pi. 97. 

 female. Painted or Mountain Duck, Htidson's Bay Re- 

 sidents. 



The natural habits of this elegant and very singularly 

 marked species^, as explained by Dr. Richardson, is in 

 favour of our belief that it could, by proper manage- 

 ment, and in favourable situations, be in some degree 

 habituated to our menageries in the open air : this ob- 

 serving naturalist says, that " it haunts eddies under 

 cascades and rapid streams ; it takes wing at once when 

 disturbed, and is very vigilant." We never saw it asso- 

 ciating with any other duck, and (in the fur countries) 

 it is a rare bird. 



It seems to be equally scarce, according to \¥ilson. 

 on the coasts of the Middle and Southern States, though 

 not unfrequently found off those of New England, 



