Cxass II. HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
breed in the most northern parts of the world, 
and only visit our coasts in the severest win- 
ters. 
Anas histrionica. A. grisea, au- 
ribus albis remigibus primo- 
ribus nigricantibus. (Fem.) 
Anas histrionica. A. fusca al- 
bo czruleoque varia, auri- 
bus, temporibus linea ge- 
mina, collari fasciaque pec- Lath. Ind. orn. 849. id. 
torali albis. (Mas.) Lath. Syn. vi. 485. 
Ind. orn. 849. id. Syn. vi. Edw. 157. Catesby, i. 98. 
485. Le Canard brun. Hist. @ois. 
Gm. Lin. 534. ix. 252. Pl. Enl. 1007. 
Le Canard a collier. Brisson 
av. vi. 362. Hist. dois. ix. 
250. Pl. Enl. 798. 
Dusky and spotted duck. Edw. 
99. 
Harlequin Duck, <Arct. Zool. 
La Sarcelle brune et blanche. 
Hist. @ois. 1x. 237. PI. 
Eni. 799. 
Anas minuta. Gm. Lin. 534. 
Anas torquata. 2b. 514. 
Sowerby. Br. Misc. Tab. 6. 
il. 283. 
(THE Harlequin Duck was first announced as 
a British species by Mr. Montagu in his orni- 
thological dictionary, and is figured by Mr. 
Sowerby, to whom a pair had been sent from 
Scotland by Lord Seaforth, in the second num- 
ber of his Afiscellany. | 
The bill is small and black; between the 
base of it and the eyes is a great white patch ; 
the crown of the head is black, bounded 
by a light rusty line; the cheeks, chin, and 
neck are black; beneath each eye is a white 
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