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49. Ardetta sinensis (Gni.). 

 (? ; Mongtse, S. Yunnan, May 1910 (Owston). 



50. Bubulcus coromandus (Bodd.). 



Biiphiis curomandus, Anderson, Western Yunnan, p. 688. 



Three specimens; Muangla, AV. Yunnan, 18, 19, and 22 May, 1868 (Anderson). 



51. Ardetta cinnamomea (Gm.). 



c? ; Mongtse, S. Yunnan, May 1!»](» (Owston). 

 Sanda, 28. vii. 68 (Anderson). 



The Mongtse bird is somewhat darker cinnamon on the underside and has a 

 rather shorter bill than the average cinnamomea, 



52. Nettopus coromandelianus (Gm.). 

 (S ; Mongtse, S. Yunnan, May 1010 (Owston). 



53. Tadorna casarca (Linn.). 



Anderson, Western Yunnan, p. (iilO. 



Stated by Anderson to be common in the Sanda valley, "W. Yunnan (op. cil.). 



54. Anas platyrhyncha platyrhyncha L. 

 <S ; Talifu Valley, 13. ii. UO (Rippon). 



55. Merganser merganser (Linn.). 

 Talifu, W. Yunnan, 5. ii. 06 (Rippon). 



56. Phalacrocorax javanicus Steph. 



Phalaerocorax pygmaeua, Anderson, Western Yunnan, p. 097. 



Anderson says {op. cit.) that this bird was very common in the Sanda Valley, 

 and that at Muangla (W. Yunnan) on May 22, 1868, it was occupying a large 

 tree along with G. gaxetta and H. intermedia. 



[In Major Davies' work on Yunnan there is a photograph of Cormorant fishers 

 in the Chien-ch'ang Valley, jiroving that these birds are used by the Yunnanese 

 for fishing purposes. In the Field (December 1908) I have fully described the 

 methods employed in Japan for using these birds on swift-running streams.] 



57. Circus melanoleucus (Forster). 



Anderson, Western Yunnan, p. 572. pis, xlv. and xlvi. 



A single immature specimen, Muangla, W. Yunnan, May ISUS (Anderson), 

 p. 245. 



58. Circus cyaneus (Linn.). 



Capt. Wingate procured specimens in S.W. Yunnan, April ItSOO (cf. /bis, 1900, 

 p. 600). 



