duck. 283 



rufous brown; the outer greater ones blackish ; quills and tail dusky, 

 the last inclined to rufous; legs dusky. 



The Harlequin Duck is found both on the Old and New Continent; 

 on the former seen as far south as the Lake Baikal, and from thence 

 to Kamtschatka, particularly up the River Ochotska ; in Iceland, 

 as low as Sondmor;* also in Greenland: in the last frequents, 

 during the summer, the mouths of bays and rivers, but not in great 

 plenty, and is a very noisy species. The note sometimes whistling, 

 at others not unlike that of the Brent ; is fond of shady places, and 

 makes the nest among the shrubs ; frequents the neighbouring seas 

 in winter; swims well, even in the most rapid streams, and dives to 

 admiration jft from these circumstances is not easily taken. Its food 

 small shells, eggs of fishes, and particularly the larvae of gnats. { 



Inhabits America, from Carolina to Newfoundland ;§ pretty 

 frequent in small rivulets of Hudson's Bay, about 90 miles inland; 

 seldom in large rivers ; lays ten or more white eggs, like those of the 

 Pigeon, on the grass : the young are spotted in a very pretty manner ; 

 migrates south in autumn. It is called in New England, the Lord. 

 The name in the Algonquin language, Powistic ou Sheep ;|| has also 

 been met with at Aoonalashka.^[ 



This species has certainly been recognized in this kingdom, as 

 the Little Brown and White Duck, of Edwards, was in my own 

 collection, killed in Kent ; and I was assured by Mr. Sowerby, 

 that both sexes, in complete dress, were killed on the domain of 

 Lord Seaforth, in Scotland ; and where, it is not improbable, others 

 may be met with ; especially on the northern coasts. 



* Arct. Zool. f The people of Kamtschatka take advantage of this, as they 

 do not fly off at the sight of mankind, they follow them closely on the water ; and when 

 tired, without difficulty knock them down with clubs. — Hist. Kamts. 



* Fn.groenl. § Arct. Zool. || Mr. Hutchins. 

 f Ellis's Narr. ii. 43, called the Painted Duck. 



O o 2 



