. Animals in menageries. red all round with black : the bases of thegreater covers in the golden-eye are black, but they areconcealed, and do not form the black band so conspicu-ous in this. The specific appellation is intended as atribute to Mr. Barrows* varied talents, and his unwea-ried exertions for the promotion of science. * Now sir John Barrow, bart. 272 animals in menageries. The Harlequin Duck. Clangula Histrionica, Leach. (Fig. 43.) Blackish^ with a narrow collar, broad pectoral bar, andthree spots on the sides of the head, pure white :above the eyes a ferruginous stripe : flanks che
. Animals in menageries. red all round with black : the bases of thegreater covers in the golden-eye are black, but they areconcealed, and do not form the black band so conspicu-ous in this. The specific appellation is intended as atribute to Mr. Barrows* varied talents, and his unwea-ried exertions for the promotion of science. * Now sir John Barrow, bart. 272 animals in menageries. The Harlequin Duck. Clangula Histrionica, Leach. (Fig. 43.) Blackish^ with a narrow collar, broad pectoral bar, andthree spots on the sides of the head, pure white :above the eyes a ferruginous stripe : flanks chest-nut : mirror glossy black-blue, margined before andabove with white.—Male. Clangula Histrionica, Rich. North. Zool. ii. 459. Selb^/, Anas Histrionica, Forster, Phil. Trans, xiii. p. , Arctic Zool ii. 490. Wilson, viii. pi. 72. f, Brit. Miss. pi. 6. Harlequin Duck, Pennant,Latham, &c. Dusky and spotted Duck, Edwards, pi. Painted or Mountain Duck, Htidsons Bay The natural habits of this elegant and very singularlymarked species^, as explained by Dr. Richardson, is infavour of our belief that it could, by proper manage-ment, and in favourable situations, be in some degreehabituated to our menageries in the open air: this ob-serving naturalist says, that it haunts eddies undercascades and rapid streams; it takes wing at once whendisturbed, and is very vigilant. We never saw it asso-ciating with any other duck, and (in the fur countries)it is a rare bird. It seems to be equally scarce, according to \¥ the coasts of the Middle and Southern States, thoughnot unfrequently found off those of New England, HARLEQUIN DUCK. 273 where it is known by the dignified title of Lord,—pro-bably from the elegant crescent and circles of whitewhich ornament its neck and breast. Though an inha-bitant of both continents, little else is known of its par-ticular manners, than that it swims and dives well, fliesswiftly and to a great h
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