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ttie summit of the liill_, came twice withiu view of where 

 I was standing. 



202. Ardea maxVillensis Mey. 



Ardea purpurea La Touche, IbiSj 1907, p. 25. 



This specieSj recorded by me through a printer's error or 

 lapsus calami as A. purpurea L., would seem to summer 

 in the vicinity of Chinkiang, as I have a female shot at 

 Chiukiang on 12 July 1908. The ovary was well developed, 

 one ovum being as large as an S.G. shot and the rest of the 

 size of no. 4 shot. 



211 a. Cygnus olor (Gm.). 



A magnificent adidt example of the Mute Swan was shot 

 at Chinkiang on 29 January 1909, by Mr. C. Boland, 

 Constable of the British Consulate. 1 had, together with 

 Father Courtois, S.J., Curator of the Sikawei Museum, 

 seen the bird on the 21st and 23rd of that month on the 

 flooded paddy-fields in the plain near Chinkiang, where 

 it had apparently settled, as the natives told us that it had 

 been there for some days previously. Although it took 

 care to keep well in the middle of the fields, it did not 

 appear to be particularly wild. After a few attempts at 

 stalking it, we left it alone, taking it to be an ordinary wild 

 Swan. The JMute Swan has only once been previously 

 recorded from China — by Captain A. H, Walton from Peking 

 (abis,' 1903, p. 34). 



The bird measured in the flesh 64^ in. in total length ; 

 wing 24| in. ; bill from gape 4g^ in. Weight 21 lbs. Tiie 

 tubercle and face-skin were black, the bill orange-vermilion 

 -with a black nail and two small black spots on the upper 

 mandible, iris dark brown, legs black. It was pure white, 

 with the exception of the head and neck, which were 

 yellowish. The specimen has been set up and is preserved 

 in the Shanghai Museum. 



213 a. Anser cygnoides (L.). 

 Anser cygnoides Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 495. 

 1 saw an example of the Swan-Goose which had been shot 

 on the Yangtse in the Chinkiang District during the winter. 



