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My previous record of this specimen ^^ was the first for Siam. 

 Deignan ^* has since recorded a specimen from Ban En on the middle 

 Meping. 



The species breeds from southeastern Europe east to the upper 

 Amur and south to Persia, the Himalayas, and southwestern China; 

 in winter it migrates to northern Africa, India, Burma, southern 

 China, northern Annam, and Siam. 



NETTION CUECCA (Linnaeus) 



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



One male, changing from an eclipse to nuptial plumage, KHong 

 Rangsit, December 28, 1931. 



At the time of capture this specimen was an addition to the Siamese 

 list and was later recorded as such.^* Rodgers and Deignan ^° have 

 since recorded a female taken at Chiengmai, December 5, 1931. 

 The species is of wide distribution, and there are many records south 

 of its usual range. Robinson ^^ records a female from Kuala Lumpur, 

 Selangor, and there is a specimen in the British Museum from Malacca. 



The species breeds from Iceland, northern Europe, and northern 

 Asia to the Aleutian Islands and wmters in Africa, India, Burma, 

 southern China, Siam, Indo-China, and the Philippines. 



QUERQUEDULA QUERQUEDULA (Linnaeus) 



Anas querqiiedula Linnaeus, Systema naturae, cd. 10, p. 205, 1758 (Europe; 

 restricted type locality, Sweden). 



One male, Petrieu, January 20, 1924; two females, Klong Rangsit, 

 December 21, 1925, and 28, 1931; one male, Potaram, February 7, 

 1926; one male and one female, Nong Preng, January 29, 1927 (Dr. 

 Smith has written on the label of the male, abundant); one male and 

 two females, Bung Borapet, March 28, 1933. 



Gairdner ^^ records this teal from the Ratburi and Petchaburi Dis- 

 tricts; de Schauensee ^" secured a pair from Hua Takay, December 

 28; Deignan *° states that it is present in small numbers at Chiengmai 

 from October 24 to February 20. 



The species breeds in northern Europe and northern Asia and 

 winters south of its breeding range; in Asia from Arabia, India, 

 Burma, Siam, the Indo-Chinese countries, smd islands to the south- 

 ward as far as New Guinea. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 9, p. 153, 1933. 

 « Journ. Siam Soc. Nal. Hist. Stinpl. vol. 10, p. 132, 1936. 

 " Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 9, p. 154, 1933. 

 «« Troc. Biol. Soc. Washiuslou, vol. 47, p. 92, 1934. 

 " Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 6, p. 18, 1913. 

 »* Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, pp. 31, 153, 1914-15. 

 •» Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 588, 1930. 

 " Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, p. 75, 1936. 



