153 
HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
AjYJIS HISTRIONICJl, 
[Plate LXXIL— Fig. 4, Male.'\ 
Gmel. Syst, I, p, 534, Ao. 35 ; A. minuta^ Id. No. 36, female. — Ind. Orn. p. 849, No. 45. 
Gen. Syn. Ill, p. 484; p. fernale. — Dusky and Spotted Duck, Edwards, pi. 99; 
Little Drown and JFhite Duck, Id. pi. ISI, female. — Le Canard a Collier de Terre-Aeuve, 
Briss. VI, p. 362, No. 14 ; La Sarcellede la Baye de Hudson, Id. p. 469, A'o. female. 
— Buff. IX, p. 250 ; La Sarcelle hrune et blanche. Id, p. 287, female. PI. Enl. 798 ; 799, 
female. — Arct. Zool. A'o. 490. — Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 878. — Canard Arlequin, Cuv. Ri:g. 
An. I, p. 533, 
THIS species is very rare ou the coasts of the middle and 
southern states, though not unfrequently found off those of New 
England, where it is known by the dignified title of the Lord, pro- 
bably from the elegant crescents, and circles of white, which orna- 
ment its neck and breast. Though an inhabitant of both conti- 
nents, little else is known of its particular manners tlian that it 
swims and dives well ; flies swift, and to a great height ; and has 
a whistling note. Is said to frequent the small rivulets inland from 
Hudson’s bay, where it breeds. The female lays ten white eggs on 
the grass j the young are prettily speckled. It is found on the 
eastern continent as far south as lake Baikal, and thence to Kamt- 
schatka, particularly up the river Ochotska ; and was also met 
with at Aoonalashka and Iceland.* At Hudson’s hay it is called 
the Fainted Duck, at Newfoundland and along the coast of New 
England, the Lord ; it is an active vigorous diver, and often seen 
in deep water, considerably out at sea. 
Latham. 
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