﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  215 
  

  

  tributed 
  as 
  follows: 
  broad 
  patch 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  crown, 
  round 
  spot 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  head, 
  broad 
  dash 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  neck, 
  collar 
  

   about 
  base 
  of 
  neck 
  which 
  is 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  narrows 
  or 
  disappears 
  

   on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  back, 
  crescent 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  wings 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  breast, 
  

   white 
  spot 
  on 
  wing 
  coverts 
  and 
  bar 
  across 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  greater 
  coverts 
  and 
  

   secondaries, 
  broad 
  streaks 
  on 
  scapulars 
  and 
  tertials, 
  and 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   tail 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  all 
  white; 
  broad 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  back- 
  

   ward 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  eye, 
  sides 
  and 
  flanks 
  bright 
  rufous 
  or 
  chestnut 
  ; 
  specu- 
  

   lum 
  dark 
  metallic 
  violet 
  or 
  purplish 
  ; 
  bill 
  olivaceous 
  ; 
  iris 
  reddish 
  ; 
  feet 
  bluish 
  

   gray 
  with 
  dusky 
  webs. 
  Female: 
  Plumage 
  in 
  general 
  dark 
  brown, 
  darkest 
  

   on 
  head 
  and 
  rump, 
  more 
  grayish 
  below, 
  and 
  nearly 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  belly; 
  

   grayish 
  white 
  spots 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye, 
  on 
  the 
  cheek 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  ear. 
  

   Male 
  in 
  summer 
  and 
  young: 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  male 
  showing 
  all 
  

   gradations 
  from 
  the 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  winter 
  

   male 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  acquired 
  until 
  the 
  third 
  year. 
  

  

  Length, 
  male, 
  16-17. 
  5 
  inches; 
  female, 
  15-16; 
  extent 
  23-27; 
  wing 
  7-8; 
  

   tail 
  3-4; 
  tarsus 
  1.3; 
  bill 
  i. 
  05-1. 
  12. 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  marks.. 
  Adult 
  males 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  con- 
  

   fused 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  duck 
  for 
  an 
  instant, 
  but 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  young 
  are 
  

   obscure 
  little 
  ducks 
  without 
  definite 
  markings 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  white 
  spots 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  short 
  bill, 
  only 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  higher 
  

   than 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  The 
  Harlequin 
  is 
  an 
  arctic 
  species 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

  

  during 
  winter. 
  It 
  visits 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  occasionally 
  and 
  one 
  specimen 
  is 
  

  

  said 
  by 
  Dr 
  Bergtold 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  near 
  Buffalo. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  

  

  near 
  Toronto 
  are 
  reported 
  by 
  Seton 
  [Auk, 
  2:337] 
  and 
  by 
  Fleming 
  [Auk, 
  

  

  17:176]. 
  The 
  following 
  New 
  York 
  records 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  authenticated. 
  

  

  Long 
  Island. 
  (No 
  date). 
  G. 
  N. 
  Lawrence 
  Collection 
  

  

  Gull 
  island, 
  L. 
  L 
  Jan. 
  1865. 
  (W. 
  W. 
  Reeves). 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  434 
  

  

  Bay 
  s. 
  of 
  Freeport, 
  L. 
  L 
  Nov. 
  22, 
  1878. 
  Badger, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  68 
  

  

  Fire 
  Island 
  inlet, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  1883. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  435 
  

  

  Southold, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Winter 
  1885. 
  (G. 
  E. 
  Post). 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Notes 
  

  

  Swinburne 
  island, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  bay. 
  Winter 
  1887-88. 
  (Smith). 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  134 
  

  

  Orient 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Nov. 
  11, 
  1895. 
  Worthington, 
  Auk, 
  13: 
  78 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Dec. 
  2, 
  1893. 
  (Scott). 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Notes 
  

  

  Bellport, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Nov. 
  10, 
  1899. 
  (Taken). 
  W. 
  Arthur 
  Babson 
  

  

  Niagara 
  River, 
  Jan. 
  9, 
  1902. 
  r? 
  juvenal. 
  (A. 
  Thomas, 
  H. 
  Grieb). 
  James 
  Savage 
  

  

  In 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  Gull 
  island 
  specimen, 
  we 
  quote 
  from 
  Mr 
  Butcher's 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Notes, 
  "I 
  shot 
  it 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  keeper 
  of 
  the 
  light 
  in 
  1865, 
  during 
  

   the 
  month 
  of 
  January. 
  There 
  were 
  four 
  of 
  them 
  living 
  around 
  the 
  island 
  

  

  