478 Mr. E. W. Gates on Birds collected 



There is a stuffed specimen of this species in Mr. Sclater's 

 room at the Zoological Society^s House with the following- 

 note extracted from a letter dated January 4th, 1891, from 

 Mr. Richard Crawshay : — '' This Duck was killed at Kambwi 

 Lagoon (the mouth of the northern Kikuru), N.W. coast 

 Lake Nyasa, Feb. 6th, 1889. You will perhaps remember 

 my having said I killed a pair at this time, the only occasion 

 on which I have ever come across this bird in Nyasaland.'* 



96. PcECILONETTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 



Pcecilonetia erythrorlnjncha (Gm.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 28. 



Lake Shirwa, 6 ? , May. ^'Delicious birds for the table. 

 —A. W.^^ 



97. Anas xanthorhyncha. 



Anas xanthorhyncha, Forst. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 755. 

 Palombi River, J $ , Aug. 



98. QuERQUEDULA HOTTENTOTTA. 



Querquedula hottentotta, Smith ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 28. 

 Lake Shirwa, May and August. In all seven specimens, 

 males and females. 



99. Aythya capensis. 



Aythia capetisis (Cuv.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr, p. 760. 

 Zomba, May and June. " Found in pairs along the streams 

 of the Shire Highlands.— A. W.'' 



100. TaCHYBAPTES FL13VIATILIS. 



Podiceps minor (Linn.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 787. 

 Lake Shirwa, May. Nine specimens. 



XLIII. — On some Birds collected on Byingyi Mountain, Shan 

 States, Burma. By Eugene W. Gates, F.Z.S. 



(Plate XIII.) 



Byingyi Mountain rises abruptly from the plains of Upper 

 Burma and forms a portion of the intricate system of hills 

 and mountains which constitutes the Shan States. It is 



