Class II. HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



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breed in the most northern parts of the world, 

 and only visit our coasts in the severest win- 

 ters. 



Anas histrionica. A . fusca al- 

 bo cseruleoque varia, auri- 

 bus, temporibus linea ge- 

 mina, collar! fasciaque pec- 

 torali albis. (Mas.) Lath, 

 Ind. orn. 84g. id. Syn. vi. 

 485. 



Gm. Lin. 534. 



Le Canard a collier. Brisson 

 av. vi. 362. Hist, d'ois. ix. 

 250. PL Enl. 798. 



Dusky and spotted duck. Edio. 



99- 

 Harlequin Duck. Arct. Zool. 

 ii. 283. 



Anas histrionica. A. grisea, au- 

 ribus albis remigibus priino- 

 ribus nigricantibus. (Fasm.J 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 84Q. id. 

 Syn. vi. 485. 



Edw. 157. Cateshy, i. gs. 



Le Canard brun. Hist, d'ois. 

 ix. 252. PI. Enl. IOO7. 



La Sarcelle brune et blanche. 

 Hist, d'ois. ix. 287. PL 

 Enl. 799- 



Anas minuta. Gm. Lin. 534. 



Anas torquata. il. 514. 



Soiverly. Br. Misc. Tab. 6. 



22. Harle- 

 quin. 



[THE Harlequin Duck was first announced as Descrip^ 

 a British species by Mr. Montagu in his orni- 

 thological dictionary, and is figured by Mr. 

 Soxverby, to whom a pair had been sent from 

 Scotland by Lord Seaforth, in the second num- 

 ber of his Miscellany. 



The bill is small and black; between the 

 base of it and the eyes is a great white patch ; 

 the crown of the head is black, bounded 

 by a light rusty line; the cheeks, chin, and 

 neck are black; beneath each eve is a white 



