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5. BUBULCUS IBIS COROMANDUS (Boddaert) 



Cancroma coromanda Boddaert, Table des plauches enlumin^ez d'histoire 

 naturelle de M. d'Aubenton, p. 54, 1783 (Coroinandel). 



One female, Tatsienlii, 9,500-10,000 feet, Szechwan, May. 

 Family CICONIIDAE, Storks 



6. CICONIA NIGRA (Linnaeus) 



Ardea nigra Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 142, 1758 (North Europe). 



One female immature, Yungning Plain, 9,500 feet, Yunnan, No- 

 vember-December. 



Family ANATIDAE, Ducks, Geese, Swans 



7, MERGUS MERGANSER ORIENTALIS Gould 



Mergus orientalis Goxrr,D, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 1 (Amoy, China). 



One female, Yungning Plain, 10,000 feet, Yunnan, November- 

 December. The culmen measures 44.5 mm. 



8. CASARCA FERRUGINEA (Pallas) 



Anas fei^'uginea PAiXiVs, Vroeg's catalogue, Adumbratiuncula, p. 5, 1764, 

 (Tartary). 



One adult female, Chide, east of Muli, 14,500 feet, Szechwan, July. 



9. NYROCA FULIGULA (Linnaeus) 



Anas fuligula Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 128, 1758 (Sweden). 

 One adult male, Yungning Lake, 9,500 feet, Yunnan, December. 



10. NYROCA NYROCA NYROCA (Guldenstadt) 



Anas nyroca GtJLDKNSTADT, Nov! Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petropolitanae, vol. 

 14, pt. 1, p. 403, 1770 (South Russia). 



Two males and one female, Yungning Lake, 9,300 feet, May ; one 

 female, Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet, September, Yunnan. 



11. DAFILA ACUTA ACUTA (Linnaeus) 



Anas acuta Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 126, 1758 (Sweden). 



One male, Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet, Yunnan, September. 

 This is just beginning to molt from the eclipse into the winter 

 plumage. 



12. OUERQUEDULA QUERQUEDULA (Linnaeus) 



Anas querquedula Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 126, 1758 (Sweden). 

 Two females, Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet, Yunnan, September. 



