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[B 595, C 507, R 621, C 727.J 



Geog. Dist. — North America ; south in winter to Cuba and Mex- 

 ico. Breeds from Maine and Montana northward, through the Fur 

 Countries and Alaska. 



Genus CLANGULA Leach. 



Clangula Leach, in Ross's Voy. Disc. 1819, App. p. xlviii. Type, 

 Anas glacialis Linn. 



154. Clangula hyemalis (Linn.). 

 Old-squaw. 



Anas hyemalis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126. 



Clangula hiemalis Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 183 1, 933. 



[B 597, C 508, R 623, C 728.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern hemisphere ; in North America south to 

 the Potomac and the Ohio (more rarely to Florida and Texas) and 

 CaUfornia ; breeds far northward. 



Genus HISTRIONICUS Lesson. 



Histrionicus Lesson, Man. d'Orn. II. r828, 415. Type, Anas 

 histrionica Linn. 



155. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). 

 Harlequin Duck. 



Anas histrionica Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 127. 

 Histrionicus histrionicus Boucard, Cat. Av. 1876, 60. 



[B 596, C 510, R 622, C 730.J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern North America, breeding from Newfound- 

 land, the northern Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada (lat. 38°), 

 northward ; south in winter to the Middle States and California ; 

 Eastern Asia ; Iceland. 



