382 Lieut. 11. E. Vauglian and Staff-Surg. K. H. Jones 



Spatul.v clypeata. 



Sliovelers occuf not infrequently during the wintei 

 months, hotli on salt and fresh water, and are usually asso- 

 ciated with other species of Ducks. On April 8, two males 

 and three females were seen on a fresh-water lake, in 

 company with a flock of tame Ducks. 



FULIGULA MARILA. 



Small parties of Scaups have been noticed at considerable 

 distances up the river, as well as in the Delta. At Tolo 

 Harbour in December, veiy large flocks of these birds were 

 seen and a few were shot. Males arc frequently seen alone 

 in small flocks, and they dive continually. 



INIeuganser serhator. 



The Red-breasted jNIerganser is a common winter visitor 

 to the Kwaiig Tung littoral, wdiere, although sometimes 

 associating in small flocks of about a dozen, it very often 

 joins the larger concourses of other Ducks, so common at 

 this time of the year. It was first seen on November 22, 

 and from that time onwards a few were to be met with all 

 throug'h the winter months, and at Tolo Harbour they were 

 still about at the end of April, for tlie most part paired and 

 in nuptial plumage. These birds have been seen 150 miles 

 away from the sea. 



On December 1 one of the writers had an exceptional 

 opportunity of observing a Merganser chasing its prey under 

 ■water, for he was placed 200 feet above the bird which was 

 in a clear pool w ith a sandy bottom, into which there flowed 

 a small fresh-wuiter stream, Avhilst brilliant sunshine showed 

 np every movement made by the Duck. AVhilst under Avater 

 the bird depended almost entirely on its feet, and only twice 

 in half an hour was it seen to open its wings, when sub- 

 merged, and then the white alar specula were very con- 

 spicuous. The agility and speed with which the bird 

 doubled round the rocks and stones whilst under w^ater 

 ■were extraordinary, and apparently it was invariably suc- 

 cessful in capturing the fish it was hunting, although some 



