WATER FOWL OF INDIA AND ASIA. a7 
inches, shank nearly two, and wing just over ten; the female 
being smaller. 
For many years this MERGANSER, which is found in China, 
was only known by a young male procured in 1864, but in 1898 
an adult pair were procured by Captain Wingate, and figured 
in the ‘“ Ibis’”’ for 1900. These came from South- West Hu NAN 
and since then the species has been found in Yunnan and Wes- 
tern Szechuen, so that it may be expected sooner or later to turn 
up within Indian limits. 
