1863.] mr. r. swinhoe on the birds of china. 323 



361. Mergus serrator, L. 

 Common throughout China. 



362. Mergus merganser, L. 



North China. Abundant in markets at Tientsin in winter. It is 

 probably also a summer bird in the large marshes of that neigh- 

 bourhood. 



363. Cygnus musicus, Bechst. 



Visits North China and Japan in winter (Temm.). 



364. Cygnus minor, Pall. 



C, bewickii, Yarr. 



Commoner than the foregoing. Comes down in winter occasion- 

 ally as far south as Canton. 



365. Anser cygnoides, L. 



A large wild Goose, answering to von Schrenck's description of the 

 so-called stock of the Chinese domestic Goose, visits the shores of 

 North China in winter, and is frequently procurable in the market ; 

 but it has no distinct knob on the hill. 



366. Anser hyperboreus. Pall. 



Sea of Ochotsk (Midd.) ; Japan and Kamtschatka (Temm. & Sieb.). 



367. Anser GRANDis,' Gmel. 

 Shanghai in winter. 



368. Anser segetum, Gmel. 

 Down to Canton in winter. 



369. Anser ferus. 



A, cinereus (Meyer & Wolf) ; von Schrenck. 

 To Canton in winter. 



370. Anser albjfrons, Penn. 



All these are procurable during winter in the Shanghai and Tien- 

 tsin markets. 



371. Anser erythropus (Linn.) {A. minutus, Naumann) ; Midd. 

 Sib. Reise. 



372. Anser leucopsis, Bechst. ; Midd. Sib. Reise. 



373. Anser bernicla. 111. ; Midd. Sib. Reise. 



374. Anser ruficollis, Pall. ; Midd. Sib. Reise. 



375. Anser brenta. Pall. 

 Sea of Ochotsk (Midd.). 



