Birds within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Can, Comeau&Memaii- 
n , Histrionicus minutus. Harlequin Duck. -Rare, and only 
seen during the latter part of April and early in May. This year Mr. 
Comeau saw two April 16, and shot one May 8, out of a flock of four. 
' . Bull N.0.0* 7,0ct a 1882, P.240 
Records from Toronto. E.E.T.Seton, 
Harlequin Duck. Histrionicus torquatus. — A female of 
this species is now in the rooms of the Toronto Gun Club. It 
was killed here in the fall of 1881, by Mr. Wm. Loane, who 
claims also to have taken a pair in the spring of 1861. 
Auk, 2, Oct., 1885. p.387 
An Ornithologist’ s Summer in Labrador 
M. Abbott Frazar. 
Histrionicus minutus , Harlequin Duck. A 
few immature birds with an occasional adult 
summer about Cape Whittle, where they can 
be found about the outer islands and most ex- 
posed ledges fishing in very deep water. Two 
specimens were brought me on July 5th. 
None breed. 
O.&O. XII. Feb. 1887. p. /? 
Qnk&X "*- 0 pokes'. 
Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. — A female was taken at 
the Eastern Sandbar, Toronto, on October 20, 1894. The Harlequin Duck 
can be regarded as only a straggler on Lake Ontario. I have the records 
of three more specimens taken here in recent years; two immature males 
and a mature female. ? 1 ^ 
Auk, XVII, April, 1900 , p .•’jk 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H . i* 1 owing . 2 Auk, n, isss, 337. 
Pt.I, Water Birds. 3 Auk, XVII, 1900, 176. 
Auk, XXIII, Out., 1903, p.445. 
49. Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. — Migrant, prob- 
ably accidental. A female recorded by Mr. Ernest Seton, 2 and a male (no 
date), are in the collection of Mr. Maughan; a male (no date), and a female 
taken October 20, 1894, 3 are in my collection; both females are adults 
and the males are in moulting plumage; all four are, I think, fall birds. 
