ANATIN^. FULIGULA. 
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the wing*, formed by the tips of the secondaries, of which the inner 
have their outer webs principally of the same colour ; fore part of 
breast purplish-blue, hind part and abdomen greyish-brown, sides light 
red, generally undulated with dusky ; a lateral spot of white near the 
root of the tail. Female greyish-brown, deeper on the head and rump, 
lighter on the fore neck, and mottled with greyish- white on the breast ; 
quills dark brown, edged with lighter, tail blackish-gfey ; a large 
whitish spot mottled with grey before the eye, and another of a purer 
white behind the ear ; bill and feet dull bluish-grey. 
Harlequin Duck, Anas histrionica, Wins. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 139. 
Fuligula histrionica, Bonap. Syn. p. 394. 
Clangula histrionica, Harlequin Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 459. 
Harlequin Duck, Fuligula histrionica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 612 ; v. v. p. 617 . 
411. 16. Fuligula glacialis, Linn. Long-tailed Duck. 
Plate CCCXII. Male, Female, and Young. 
Male with the bill black in its basal half, orange-yellow towards the 
end ; the scapulars much elongated and tapering, the tail very long, 
acuminate, of fourteen feathers ; a large oblong greyish- white patch 
on each side of the head from the bill to behind the ear ; the upper 
part of the head and nape black, that colour being narrowed in front 
by the encroachment of the white patches ; neck all round, and ante- 
rior half of the breast, dark chocolate ; back and wing-coverts brown- 
ish-black ; scapulars broadly margined with light reddish-brown ; 
quills chocolate, secondaries externally margined with lighter, prima- 
ries internally ; middle four feathers of the tail brownish-black, the 
outer two of these margined with white, all the rest white, but the 
inner with a longitudinal patch of dusky on the outer webs. Male in 
winter with the head, neck, fore part of back, and scapulars, white ; 
space about the eye pale greyish-red, and a large oblong patch of 
chocolate-brown on the side of the neck ; upper parts including the 
middle four tail-feathers, brownish-black, but the secondary quills 
tinged with reddish-brown, and having paler margins ; anterior half of 
breast chocolate-brown, the rest of lower parts and the four lateral 
tail-feathers white. Female considerably smaller, with the scapulars 
not elongated, and the tail short and rounded ; bill dusky green ; head 
dark greyish- brown, with a patch of greyish- white surrounding the 
eye, but not extending to the bill ; a large patch of the same colour on 
the side of the neck, the hind part of which is dusky brown, the fore 
part greyish-brown, the feathers broadly margined with whitish ; the 
upper parts dark greyish-brown, the two lateral tail-feathers edged 
with white ,' lower parts white, the feathers under the wings slightly 
tinged with grey. 
Malej 23, 29i. Female, 15|, 26. 
