214 Dalgleish on North American Birds in Europe. 
5. One, Loch of Strathbeg, Banffshire. Gray, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) 
In Banff Museum. ? 
Obs. — Two other instances have been recorded, one in error, the other 
very doubtful (fide Harting, 1. c.) ; the former said to have been obtained 
in Orkney, in 1841 (Yarrell, Br. B., Ill, 379), was found to have been an 
American skin ; the latter, one in the British Museum labelled Norfolk, 
whose authenticity may be doubted. This species is included in Dono- 
van’s British Birds., X, pi. 226, but no locality is named or authority 
given for such record. 
LYI. Histrionicus torquatus, Bonap. Harlequin Duck. 
Great Britain. 1. A pair, Scotland. Montague, Orn. Diet. (Sow- 
erby, Brit. Miscell., 1806, p. 11, pi. 6.) ? 
2. One, Aberdeenshire. Gray, B. of W. of Scot., p. 394. (Harting, 
Hand-book Br. B., p. 160.) 1858. 
Obs. — Messrs. Harting (1. c.), Newton (Ibis, 1859, p. 165), and J. H. 
Gurney (Rambles of a Naturalist, p. 263), have investigated all the re- 
corded instances of this species, in Britain, and the latter, who lias gone 
very carefully into the subject, states his belief that the above two records 
are the only authentic ones, the others which follow being divided into 
two classes, those which are doubtful, and those which have proved to be 
mistakes. 
1 st. Doubtful instances : — 
1. One, Orkney. Sowerby, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) ? 
2. One, Devonshire. Moore, Cat. Birds Devon. (Harting, 1. c.) ? 
3. One, Yarmouth. Paget, Sketch. Nat. Hist. Yarmouth, p. 12. 
(Harting, 1. c.) ? 
4. One, near Yarmouth. Presented to Norwich Museum by Mr. Gur- 
ney, Sr., in 1839, who is doubtful of its authenticity. (Zool., 1st series, 
p. 1380.) t 
5. Two young females, obtained in the London market. Yarrell, Br. 
B., 1st ed., Ill, p. 263. ? 
6. One, Cheshire. Yarrell, Br. B., 2d ed., in, p. 366. Dec., 18 If). 
7. One, Caithness. Gray, 1. c. (Harting, 1. c.) Prior to March , 18 fl. 
8. One, Loch of Strathbeg, Banffshire. Edward, Naturalist, 1854, p. 
242. “ A few winters ago.” ? 
9. One, on the Don, near Doncaster. Morris, Br. B., Y, p. 258. ? 
10. One. Simeon’s Stray Notes on Fishing. (Gurney, 1. c.) ? 
2d. — Erroneous records : — 
1. One, Lancashire. Banister, Zook, 1st series, p. 145. ? 
2. One, Bridlington. Zook, 2d series, p. 22. Proved to be a young 
Long-tailed Duck. ? 
3. One, Plymouth. Moore, Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, p. 365. Also 
proved to be a young Long-tailed Duck. ? 
