﻿HARLEQUIN DUCK. 171 



NATATORES. ANATID/E. 



PLATE CCLXVIL 



HARLEQUIN DUCK 



CLANGULA HISTRIONICA. 



The Harlequin Duck is a very rare visitant in Great 

 Britain, its occurrence having been confined to a very small 

 number that were obtained in the northern parts of Scotland, 

 and we believe in a single instance near Yarmouth. 



The geographical distribution of this species is confined to the 

 northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. In Siberia it 

 occurs at Lake Baikal, and in very severe winters, as far 

 south as Aral and the Caspian Sea ; from Kamtschatka it 

 reaches over to the American coast ; it is very plentiful in 

 Hudson's Bay, Labrador, and Newfoundland, and descends, 

 during the winter months, to the northern coasts of the 

 United States. It also inhabits Greenland and the Icy Sea. 

 In Europe k does not extend far south ; but more so in the 

 eastern than in the western parts. It is extraordinary that 

 this bird is said to have been obtained on the Rhine, the 

 Maine, and the Danube, since its choice of locality does 

 cot agree with either of these rivers, and we can, therefore, 

 only attribute the circumstance to most unusally frosty 

 weather. 



