nirdsfroin Central China. 269 



604. GALLINULA PHCENICFRA. 

 Kiukiang, 10th July. 



606. PORZANA BAILLONI. 



Kiukiang, 7th May. 



610. FULICA ATRA. 



Kiukiang, 19th November. 



611. PODICEPS MINOR. 



Kiukiang, 7th October. Indistinguishable from British 

 examples. The varieties known as P. philippensis are found 

 in Western Europe, and may be referable to age. 



618. MERGUS MERGANSER. 

 Kiukiang, 20th January. 



624. ANSER ALBIFRONS. 

 October. 



625. ANSER 



An example from the river Yang-tse-kiang, dated the 22nd 

 of October, somewhat resembles the skin from Hakodadi 

 which I determined as the young of the Lesser White-fronted 

 Goose (Ibis, 1882, p. 369) . I see no reason to change my 

 opinion. They differ from the adult of A. brachyrhynchus 

 in having no dark base to the bill, though the nail is dark, 

 as it is in the adult of that species, and in young only of 

 A. erythropus. 



627. ANSER SERRIROSTRIS. 



An example dated February measures 2*5 inches from the 

 forehead to the tip of the beak. It is an intermediate form 

 between A. segetum and A. grandis, which range in the 

 length of bill, measured as above, from 2'2 to 3'4 inches. It is 

 certainly only subspecifically distinct from the former, and 

 probably also from the latter. 



628. ANAS BOSCHAS. 

 Poyang Lake, December. 



629. ANAS ZONORHYNCHA. 

 Nan Chang, December. 



