416 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



616. Mergellus albellus (L.) ; Ibis, 1861, p. 344 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 322. 



North China. Common on the Yangtsze in winter. 



617. Mergus serrator, L. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 323. 



Mergus serratus, Ibis, 1860, p. 67, 1861, p. 344. 

 Throughout China. 



618. Mergus castor, L. 



Mergus merganser, L. ; Ibis, 1861, p. 344 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 323. 

 Comes down as low as Amoy in winter. 



619. Mergus scuamatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 184. 

 China (Gould). 



620. Cygnus musicus, Bechst. ; Ibis, 1862, p. 254 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 323. 



Shanghai market in winter. 



621. Cygnus minor, Pall. Zoogr. ii. p. 214 ; Ibis, 1861, p. 344, 



1862, p. 254 ; Zoologist, 1860, p. 6924 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 323. 



Cygnus bewickii, Yarr. ; Ibis, 1867, p. 398. 

 Shanghai market in winter. 



622. Cygnus davidi, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 430. 



Smaller than the last, with orange-red bill and legs. " Lores 

 covered with small feathers" (David). The specimen on which this 

 species is based is in the Pekin Museum, and was procured by Pere 

 David in the market at Tientsin. 



623. Anser cygnoides (L.) ; Faun. Jap. pi. ; Ibis, 1861, p. 344 ; 

 P.Z. S. 1863, p. 323. 



Common in the Shanghai market in the early part of winter. 



624. Anser albifrons (Gmel.) ; Ibis, 1861, p. 344 ; P. Z, S. 



1863, p. 323. 



Shanghai market in winter. 



625. Anser erythropus, L. 



Anser minutus, Naumann. 



In the market at Kinkiang, on the Yangtsze, on the 16th March, 

 1869. 



626. Anser cinereus, Meyer, var. rubrirostris. 



Anser ferns, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 344, 1862, p. 254; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 323, 1870, p. 427. 

 Anser rubrirostris, Hodgs. 



Shanghai in winter. I have one shot at Canton by Mr. S. Bligh. 

 It is of large form, with long and large bill, white on the frontal 



