160 The Water-fowl Family 



where this bird is found, nests have been taken 

 from holes in the bank. The little brood frequent 

 the rapids and pools, playing about and diving 

 much after the manner of a dipper. In the 

 winter the harlequin occurs in small numbers off 

 the coast of Maine, rarely straggling to Massa- 

 chusetts. It is taken occasionally in Puget Sound. 

 The bird is a quick, strong diver, and readily 

 escapes if wounded. The flesh is unfit for the 

 table. Lord and lady, and painted duck, are 

 other names applied to this species. 



LABRADOR DUCK (PIED-DUCK) 

 (Camptolaimus labradorius) 



Adult male — Head, neck, breast, scapulars, and wings, except pri- 

 maries, white ; stripe on crown and nape, ring around lower 

 neck, back, rump, primaries, upper tail-coverts, tail and entire 

 lower parts, black; the tail has a grayish tinge; cheeks, 

 yellowish white; long scapulars, pearl-gray; bill, black, slate 

 along base of culmen, and orange at base and along edges 

 of maxilla and mandible; eye, reddish brown; feet and legs, 

 slate. 



Measurements — Length, 23 inches; wing, 8.70 inches; culmen, 

 1 .75 inches; tarsus, 1.50 inches. 



Adult female — General plumage, uniform brownish gray ; tertials, 

 silvery gray, edged with black ; secondaries, white, edged with 

 black. 



Measurements — Length, 18 inches; wing, 8.40 inches; culmen, 

 1.60 inches; tarsus, 1.40 inches. 



Young inale— Similar to adult female, with chin and throat white, 

 and in some specimens breast also; greater wing-coverts are 

 also white. 



Habitat — Formerly the northern Atlantic Coast and recorded from 

 Hudson Bay; supposed to breed in Labrador, and wintering 



