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132. Nyroca baeri (Radde). Baer's Duck. 

 Fulix baeri Tacz. p. 1169. 



jEthyia baeri Dresser, p. 621. 



A male was procured at Yingtzu by Capt. Karpow on 

 April 15, 1901 [Bianchi). 



133. TuRTUR oRiENTALis (Lath.). Chinese Turtle-Dove. 

 Turtur rupicola Tacz. p. 733 ; Dresser, p. 648. 



a. S . Fan-chia Tun, Kirin Province. Sept. 4, 1908. 



b. cJ . Hang-lung Pass. June 23, 1886. {E. J.) 

 " Feet and iris dull red." 



134. Phasianus torquatus karpowi Buturlin. Corean 

 Pheasant. 



Buturlin, Ibis, 1904, p. 405. 



Mr. Buturlin described this subspecies of P. torquatmiroia 

 a specimen procured by Capt. Karpow on Jan. 20, 1901, near 

 Te-lin. He gives its distribution, mostly on the authority 

 o£ the last-named gentleman, as extending ''through Corea 

 (rarely south of Seoul), and through Southern Manchuria, 

 north to Ghirin, west to the river Lao-khe, and south to 

 Lao-yang. North of Ghirin, and in the most north- 

 easterly parts of Corea, it meets with P. alpherakyi." 



135. Phasianus torquatus alpherakyi Buturlin. Sun- 

 garian Pheasant. 



Buturlin, Ibis, 1904, p. 399. 



Mr, Buturlin says that great quantities of these birds 

 have been sent to the markets of Moscow, St. Petersburg, 

 and London from Harbin, and I suppose it is on this know- 

 ledge that he states that it inhabits the central and northern 

 parts of Manchuria. He has a specimen from Lake Hanka 

 in his collection. I have not examined examples of this or 

 the foregoing species of Pheasant, so cannot express any 

 opinion on the validity of their subspecific rank. 



Near Sansing Sir Evan James found a locality in which 

 Pheasants were remarkably abundant, the birds being found 



