harlequin-duck

Updated: June 20, 2025

"A still smaller species, also noted for its brilliant plumage, inhabits the extreme north of both continents. This is the `harlequin-duck; or, as the early colonists term it, the `lord. The wood-duck is so called from the fact of its making its nest in hollow trees, and roosting occasionally on the branches.

Mayne Reid - The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North