164 



Anas minuta Linn. S//st. 1 . 20 1. 



Gmel. Syst. 1. 534. 



Anas torquata Gmel. Syst. 1 . 51 I. 



Harlequin Puck Perm. Aret. Zool. -J. 19 I. 



Dusk;/ and spotted Duck Edic. (Ilea. pi. 99. 



Le canard a collier dc terra neuee B"ff- Ois. 9. 250. 



( 'anard a collier ou histrion , Temm. . Man. 2. 878. - 



La Sarcelle brun el blanche Buff. Ois. 9. 287. 



Le canard de terre neuve J'eill. En. Method. Orn. 



Le canard histrion Veill. En. Method. Orn. 1 . 1 Hi. 



Inhabits the northern regions of both the American and European continents. A few specimens 

 have been occasionally hilled in Orkney and the northern islands; migrates northwards to breed; 

 the female lays ten white eggs. 



CLANGULA ALBEOLA. 



Clang. Mas. — Capite eolloque atris; macula alb& suboculari occipite extendente. 



( 'Ian;/. Fem. — Atra-tusca, alba macula genis. 



SPIRIT DUCK. 



Male duck, with the head and neck black ; a white patch extending below the eye to the 

 occiput. 



Fem. sooty black duck, with a white patch on each side of the head. 



IN. IN. 



Length 16 Tarsi 1 § 



Bill 1| Middletoe 



Male : head and upper part of the neck rich purple green, with a large white patch extending 

 from below the eye to the occiput ; back and scapulars black ; tail and quills hoary black ; greater 

 wing coverts white; secondaries black, above which is another white patch formed by the tertiary 

 coverts ; legs and toes orange ; webs black ; bill lead coloured. 



Fem. : smaller than the male : head and plumage dark blackish brown ; the fore part of the 

 neck side of the breast, flanks, and vent feathers blackish grey ; breast and belly white tinged with 

 brownish orange ; the white band on the ears and occiput much narrower than in the male, and 

 obscure ; lesser coverts and scapulars blackish brown ; bill and feet brownish. 



