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13. NETTION CRECCA CRECCA (Linnaeus) d 



Anas crecca Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 125, 1758 (Sweden). 

 Three males, Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet, Yunnan, September. 



14, ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA PLATYRHYNCHA Linnaena 



Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 125, 1758 (Sweden). 



One adult female, Yungning Lake, 9,300 feet, Yunnan, May ; one 

 adult male and one adult female, Dshizhi, 12,000 feet, southwest 

 Szechwan, April. 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE, Hawks, Ospreys, etc. 



15. ACCIPITER NISUS NISOSIMILIS (Tickell) 



Falco nisosimilis Tickell, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, p. 571, 1833 (Borab- 

 hum, Bengal). 



One adult male (marked female), Likiang Mountains, Yunnan, 

 October. 



This specimen has the barring below much narrower than the typi- 

 cal European bird, and above it is somewhat darker. The wing 

 measures 217 mm. 



16. ACCIPITER NISUS MELANOSCHISTUS Hume 

 Accipiter melanoschistus Hume, Ibis, 1869, p. 350 (Kotegart, northwest India). 



One subadult female, Likiang Mountains, Yunnan, September. 



This specimen is not fully adult or at least has not acquired fully 

 adult plumage. It is blackish brown above; below the bars are 

 broad and blackish. Compared with the typical European race in 

 the same stage of plumage, it is much darker above and the barring 

 below is heavier. It evidently belongs to the resident breeding form. 

 The wing measures 246 mm. 



17. MILVUS LINEATUS (Gray) 



Haliaetus lineatus Gray, Illustrations of Indian zoology chiefly selected from 

 the collection of Major General Hardwicke, vol. 1, pi. 18, p. 1, 1832 

 (China). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, January-February. 

 Family FALCONIDAE, Falcons 



18. CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS INTERSTINCTUS (McClelland) 



Falco interstinctus McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p, 154 (Assam). 



Two females, Likiang Mountains, October. 



The two above specimens belong to the pale migrant race of this 

 falcon. 



