399 Harlequin Duck (6) 1931 Pass today - Harlequin Ducks were by far the most numerous, and consequently more seen before the quids, destined for the pot. The total number I saw must have been somewhere around 500. Their preferred haunts were the wave washed and current swirled rocks and reefs in and on the borders of the straits. Flocks of 25-75 individuals would be found on the surface diving or swimming among the strong tidal swirls and washes. Generally they could be easily approached if one "handed" them slightly with the boat. The large flocks were invariably made up of females and immatures. I doubt if I saw more than 25 adult males all diving the haunt, and then they were alone in a bunches of from 4-8 or flying with a female mate in a flock not exceeding ten in number, but were male. Thus they had to splatter with their hind feet on the surface as they rose to take wing when flight was