. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 52 LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. tliiui half the wing), mucli t,'ra(liinto(l, consisting of fouitijun feathers. Phmiage of the sexes vtrv diflerent, the niah; very handsomely marked, the female very H. minutus. But a single sperics of this well-marked genus is known. This, the well-known Harlef|uiii Duck, is common to both continents of the nortliern lieniisphere, where it inhabits chieily hi},'h latitudes. HistiionicuB minutus. THE HABLEQVIN SUCK. Anas histrionicn, I,ixn. S. N. «1. 1
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 52 LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. tliiui half the wing), mucli t,'ra(liinto(l, consisting of fouitijun feathers. Phmiage of the sexes vtrv diflerent, the niah; very handsomely marked, the female very H. minutus. But a single sperics of this well-marked genus is known. This, the well-known Harlef|uiii Duck, is common to both continents of the nortliern lieniisphere, where it inhabits chieily hi},'h latitudes. HistiionicuB minutus. THE HABLEQVIN SUCK. Anas histrionicn, I,ixn. S. N. «1. 10, I. 1758, 127 ; 12, I. 176«!, 204. — WiLs. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 130, pi. 72, fig. 4. Fuliijida {C/auf/iila) hi^riimiai, Monai'. .Syiiop. 1828, .194. — Xi'TT. II. 1834, 448. Fitliiinla histrionim, AuD. Orii. Hiog. III. 1835, 612; V. 1839, 617 ; Synop. 1839, 617 ; B. Am. YI. , 374, pi. 409. Clangulii torquata, BuF-UM, Vogolf. 185.'), 38!). HistriomcHs torqmtiis, Boxap. Coiniit. Iteiul. XLIII. 1856. — Baiud, B. N. Am. 1858, 798; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, iio. 596. — , Key, 1872, 291 ; Check List, 1873, no. 510 ; B. N. W. 1874, 578. Anas mimtta, LiNS. S. N. ed. 10, I. 175S, 127 ; cd. 12, I. 1760, 204 ( ?). Ilislrinnkus wiiiiiliis. niiKssKis, liinls of Knnipi' (in text). —CouKs, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. Apr, 1880, 101; (hock , 2d cd. 1882, no. 730. — l!ii).;w. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 622. Hab. Northern North America ; south in winter to the Middle States and Califoniia ; breed- ing south to Newfoundland, the Northern Rocky Mountains, and in the Sierra Nevada to hit. .38° or farther. Sp. Char. Adult male: Entire lond region, continued back, from its upper part, in a stripe on each side of the crown, an oval spot over the ears, a strijic of a little more than an inch in length down each side of the na]ie, a narrow collar completely encircling the lower neck, a broad bar across each side of the breast, the miildle ]u)rtion (longitudinally) of
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