HISTRIONICUS.
Bill much shorter than head or tarsus, narrow, tapering to tip; nail occupying tip and extending far back, border ill-defined ; tail 14 feathers, graduated and pointed.
Histrionicus histrionicus histrionicus (L.). HARLE QUIN DUCK. Fr. Canard histrion ; Ger. Kragenente ; Ital. Moretta arlecchino ; Swear. StrOmand.
6 Slaty blue ; patch on lores, spot on ear coverts, patch on neck, and narrow collar white ; cinnamon streak from forehead over eye to nape ; flanks chestnut. Bill plumbeous grey, nail paler. Legs and feet pale bluish. Iris reddish brown. ? Brown,
mottled white on underparts, patches on face and behind ear coverts white. Bill duller than in 6 . Legs and feet dull plumbeous. Iris brown. Wing 6 195-204, ? 190-197. Tarsus 36-38. Bill 6 26-29, 24-26.
Breeds. —Iceland, Greenland, and north-east N. America. Rare visitor to Europe ; has occurred in Britain, Fames, Scandi navia, N. Russia, Germany, France, Switzerland and N. Italy.