THE HARLEQUIN DUCK 365 
the male bird. Weight of this species from one 
and three-quarters to two pounds. The Squaw 
is found on the coast of Alaska but is rarely 
seen on the western coast of the United States. 
It is common all along the coasts of northern 
Europe and Asia. 
THE HARLEQUIN DUCK. “‘LORD AND 
LADY.”’ 
(Histrionicus histrionicus.) 
This bird inhabits nearly the whole of the 
northern hemisphere, Europe, Asia, Green- 
land, Iceland and North America. In our own 
country it breeds rarely in our northern States, 
more commonly in the Arctic regions. It also 
nests in the interior in the mountains, the 
Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas, which fact 
seems strange to our sportsmen of the north- 
east, for to them the Harlequin is a bird of the 
deep water, only found in any number far out 
to sea with the king eiders. It is reported to 
have bred along the eastern coast line of New 
England and in the Bay of Fundy, but probably 
is nowhere numerous in the nesting season south 
