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above the eye. Tlie shape of the head was also different, 

 being angular, not rounded as in the other bird. 



Pere Courtois considers these two Swans to be both 

 jankoivskyi (see Ois. du Musee de Sikawei, p. 120, 

 Man. cone. PHist. Nat. de I'emp. Chinois, Tome v. 3™^ 

 cahier, 1918). 



Swans were abundant on passage at Newcliwang during 

 the spring of 1890, and the natives brought several, both 

 alive and dead, for sale. 



Mr. A. L. Hall, who was for some years stationed in 

 northern Chihli, on the borders of the Gobi desert, informed 

 me that he had shot Snow-Geese there. These birds are 

 said to occur near Tientsin. Cyytius davidi so far has not 

 been re-discovered. The type has been apparently lost. 



276. Anser cygnoides (L.). 

 Anser cygnoides D. & O. p. 493. 



The only Swan-Goose seen by me here is one which I 

 shot at the marshes on the 10th of October, 1912. It was 

 a wounded bird, a male in poor condition, probal)ly a bird 

 of the year, as the bill showed no sign of a tubercle. Culmeu 

 2*5 in., wing 16*7 in. 



This Goose used to be abundant at the mouth of the River 

 Liao (near Newcliwang). 1 shot several there in 1889 from 

 the beginning of September. 



277. Anser anser rubrirostris Hodgson. 

 Aviser cinereus D. & O. p. 491. 



Anser rubrirostris La T. p. 583. 



The Eastern Grey Lag-Goose appears to be uncommon. 

 Two specimens shot in March at the Hsieh Chia Ying 

 marshes are in the British Museum. 



278. Anser segetum (Gm,). 



Anser segetum D. & O. p. 491 (part) ; La T. p. 583. 

 The Bean-Goose is apparently very common during times 

 of passage, judging from the proportion of these birds shot 



