THAYER AND BANGS: AVES. 151 
ANATIDAE. 
MELANONYX SEGETUM SERRIROSTRIS (Swinhoe). 
Three specimens, all youngish, one male and two females, Shasi, Hupeh, 
and Changshowhsien, Szechwan, February. 
Immense numbers of geese were seen in the low country but they were 
extremely wary, and a rifle could not be used on account of the dense popula- 
tion. Other species, as well as swans, were seen. 
ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS Linné. 
Sixteen specimens, both sexes, Ichang, Kunganhsien, Hsienshanhsien, 
Hupeh, and Kiating, Washan, Kungyahsien, Chiachianghsien, and Yachow, 
Szechwan, taken throughout the winter, November to March. 
POLIONETTA ZONORHYNCHA (Swinhoe). 
Eleven specimens, both sexes Kiating, Kungyahsien, Chiachiang, and 
Yachow, western Szechwan, all taken in December. 
MaArcEA PENELOPE (Linné). 
Two males, one in immature the other in full adult plumage, Kiating, and 
Washan, western Szechwan, October, and December. 
NETTION FORMOSUM (Georgi). 
One adult female, Ichang, Hupeh, November 26, 1907. 
NeETTION crEccA (Linné). 
Twenty-one specimens, both sexes, Ichang, Changyanghsien, Shasi, and 
Yangtze near Shasi, Hupeh, and Yachow, Kiating, Kungyahsien, and Washan, 
Szechwan, taken throughout the winter from October to March. 
Darina acuta (Linné). 
One female, Washan, western Szechwan, 6,000 feet, October 25, 1908. 
QUERQUEDULA QUERQUEDULA (Linné). 
Five specimens, both sexes, Ichang, Hupeh, and Washan, western Szechwan, 
October. 
