HARL EQ U IN DUCK.
HARLEQUIN DUCK.
COSMONETTA HISTRIONICA {Linn.).
Anas histrionica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 204 (1766); Naum. xii.
p. 199.
Clangula histrionica, Macg. v. p. 169.
Fuligula histrionica, Hewitson, ii. p. 433.
Cosmonetta histrionica, Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 452; Dresser, vi.
p. 609.
Canard histrion, French ; Kragen-Ente, German.
With regard to the various recorded instances of the
occurrence of this very beautiful species in Great
Britain, there is no doubt that several in reality
were referable to the Long-tailed Duck; and Mr. H.
Saunders, iu his ‘ Manual of British Birds,’ published
in 1889, gives us to understand that he was only
acquainted with three preserved specimens in this
country that could be regarded without doubt as
genuinely British specimens. Of these, the first was
obtained by Mr. Roberts, of Scarborough, from some
fishermen who found it dead on the shore at Filey in
the autumn of 1862 ; this is a male, and is now in the
collection of Mr. J. Whitaker, of Rainworth. The
other two, both young males, were killed near the
Fame Islands on December 2nd, 1886, and are respectively
in the collections of Mr. R. W. Chase and the