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region, w ing- cover ts_, "vvinglet, and tertiarres are tipped with 

 large whitish spots. The crest is short. 



Anser segetum (Gmel.). 



A Beau-Goose, sent to me from Foochow, labelled " ? , 

 Changlo Hsien, North Fohkien, November 1916," is one of 

 five shot out of a flock of a hundred or so. This bird had 

 the sides of tlie upper mandible yellow or orange from the 

 nail to about two-tenths of an inch from the base of the bill. 

 The five geese shot were reported to be all similar in this 

 respect. Culmen 6i mm., teeth 20. Several Bean-Geese, 

 shot at Chinwangtao in March 1913 and now in the Natural 

 History Museum in London, had the bill coloured much 

 the same. 



Sarcidiornis melanonota (Peun.). 



I have two handsome males of the Comb-Duck, shot at 

 Foochow, one on the 18th of April, 1914, and the other in 

 June of the same year. I was informed at the time that 

 a party of these duck had appeared that year at Foochow. 

 The date of the last-mentioned bird would seem to indicate 

 that they were breeding. 



Fuligula ruflua (Pall.). 



I have a female, labelled " Foochow, December 1915.^* 

 Culmen 1*93 inches, wing 10-23, 



Fuligula baeri Radde. 



D. & 0. p. 509, pi. 124. 



I have an immature male from Foochow, dated 20 

 December, 1913, and have lately received a duck from the 

 same localitj^, labelled " $ , 5 Nov., 1916,^' which appears to 

 be of the same species. 



Oidemia americana Swainson. 



I have a female from the Lienchiang River, near Foochow, 

 dated 5 December, 1914. Although Swinhoe included this 

 duck in his Revised List (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 419), David & 

 Oustalet omitted it from their work on Chinese birds, and 

 state that Swinhoe had subsequently identified Captain 

 Blakiston's birds as being the Velvet Scoter, 



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