1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 419 



640. EONETTA FALCATA (Pall.). 



Anas falcaria, Lath.; Ibis, 1861, p. 345, 18G2, p. 254. 



Querquedula multicolor, Ibis, 1860, p. 67. 



Throughout China in winter. Middendorff figures a young male 

 for the female (Sib. Reise, t. xxi.). The female is coloured more as 

 the female of A. boschas, with just a glow of pink on its cheeks. 



641. (Edemia fusca (L.). 



Very abundant in the Shanghai market. 



642. (Edemia Americana (Richardson) ; Ibis, 1863, p. 435; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 324. 



Shot on the Yangtsze by Capt. Blakiston. I have sought in vain 

 in the Shanghai market for both this and the true (E. nigra (L.). 



643. BuCEPHALA CLANGULA (L.). 



Clanyula glaucion, Ibis, 1861, p. 345. 



I have procured this in winter as far south as Amoy. Common 

 at Shanghai. 



644. Harelda glacialis (L.). 



Pere David received a specimen of this shot at Takoo, mouth of 

 the Peiho river. 



645. Aythya ferina (L.). 

 Shanghai market in winter. 



646. Fulix marila (L.) j Ibis, 1861, p. 345, 1862, p. 254. 

 Down the China and Formosan coasts in winter. 



647. Fulix cristata (L.) ; Ibis, 1861, p. 345, 1862, p. 254, 

 1867, p. 399. 



Comes with the last. 



648. Fulix baeri, Radde, Reise im Siiden von Ost-Sib. 1855-59, 

 p. 376, t. xv. 



On my cruise up the river Yangtsze we stopped at Kinkiang for 

 a day and a half; and I was fortunate enough to procure an adult 

 male of this species. It was being hawked about in the streets. 

 My specimen answers precisely to Radde's description and figure, 

 and looks very much like a cross between Anas boschas aud Fulix 

 cristata, having somewhat the head and breast of the former and 

 the body of the latter. But mine is too exact a copy of Radde's 

 type, which he procured from a party of four of the same, to admit 

 of being considered a hybrid. Bill French grey. Irides light 

 yellow. Legs patched with grey and black. Head and neck black, 

 reflecting deep green ; breast deep chestnut ; upper parts, wings, and 

 tail deep brown ; greater wing-coverts white, tipped with bronzed 

 brown ; tertiaries deep bronzed brown, the foremost edged with 



