ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY \) 



28. ANAS POECILOREtYNCHA HARINGTONI (Gates) 



Polionetta haringtoni Gates, Jouru. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 17, 1907, 

 p. 558 (Shan States). 



One adult female and two downy young, Likiang Lake, 8,200 

 feet, August 20. 



I have no specimens of A. p. poeciloi'hyncha or typical A. p. 

 himmgtmii for comparison, but have a good series from western 

 Szechwan and five specimens of ^. ^. zonorhynchu from Japan and 

 eastern China. The Szechwan specimens vary quite a little, but 

 are not quite the same as the coast birds; the feathers of the back 

 are more broadly edged with buffy as a rule, and the subterminal 

 white bar on the greater wing coverts is broader and more pro- 

 nounced. In fact, this white wing bar is only reduced or lacking 

 in 3 out of 12 specimens, while in the others it is very noticeable, 

 being as much as 10 mm. broad. The single female listed above 

 from Yunnan agrees with those from Szechwan. As a matter of 

 fact, the present race seems to be an intergrade between A. p. 

 poecilorhyncha and A. p. zonarhyncha. 



29. NETTION CRECCA (Linnaeus) 



Anas crecca Linnaeus, Sys. Nat, ed. 10, 1758, p. 125 (Europe). 



One female, near Kanhoten, March 29; one female, Nguluko, 

 April 13. 



30. MERGUS MERGANSER MERGANSER Linnaeus 



Mcrgus merganser Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 129 (Europe). 



One female, Whei Hsi River, November; one female, Yangtze 

 River at Chiitien, November. 



Both of these are marked as males, but apparently incorrectly so. 

 They belong to the large, thick-billed form. 



31. MERGUS MERGANSER ORIENTALIS Gould 



Mergus orientalis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845, p. 1 (Amoy, China). 



One female, between Tanten and Ssuching, March 24 ; one female, 

 Yangtze River at Chiitien, November. 



These are small, narrow-billed birds. The exposed cuhnens meas- 

 ure : 44.5 and 44 Ynm., respectively. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE. Cormorants 



32. PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS (Sliaw and Nodder) 



Pelecanus sinensis Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Misc., vol. 13, pi. 529, text 1801 

 (China). 



One adult female still retaining the breeding plumage, Likiang 

 Lake, August. 



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