QUEEQUEDULA. 701 



Griechenl., p. 161, 1860; Radde, Reis. Sibir., Bd. ii, p. 367, 1863; Severtzoff, Turkest. 

 Jevotn., 1873, p. 70 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 166, 

 1875 ; Schalow, Journ. fiir Ornith., 1876, p. 13 ; Palmen, t. c, p. 57. 



Querquedula crecca, Steph. Gen. ZooL, vol. xii, p. 146, 1826 ; Gould, B, Eur., vol. v, pi. 362, 

 1837 ; Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 616, 1845 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 305, 

 1849; Macgill., Br. B., v, p. 48, 1852; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 806, 1864; Loche, Expl. 

 Sci. Alger., t. ii, p. 378, 1867; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur., Bd. ii, p. 521, 1867; DoderL, 

 Avif. Sicil., p. 263, 1869; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 275, 

 1870; Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss., p. 438, 1870; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p. 83, 1871; 

 Swinhoe, Proc. ZooL Soc., 1871, p. 418; Sbarpe & Dresser, B. Eur., pt. 1, 1871; Holdsw., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 479 ; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 286, 1872 ; Salvad., Faun. Ital., 

 p. 262, 1872; Henders. & Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 297, 1873; Gould, B. Gt. Br., vol. v, 

 p. 16, 1873; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 262; Adam., t. c, p. 402; Ball, Stray 

 Feathers, 1874, p. 438; Stoliczka, t. c, p. 465; Irby, B. Gibr., p. 201, 1875 ; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, 1875, p. 193; Blanford, East. Pers., p. 301, 1876; Wharton, Ibis, 1876, p. 28; 

 Dresser, t. c, p. 419 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 47 ; Butler, t. c, p. 234. 



Nettion crecca, Kaup., Natiirl. Syst., p. 95, 1829. 



Querquedula subcrecca, Brehm, Vog. Eur., p. 885, 1831. 



i^uerquedula creccoides, id., t. c, p. 885, 1831. 



a. Bhamo, 6th February 1868. 



b. Tamilone, 3rd February 1875. 



Common in the old river-courses about Bhamo, and along the Tapeng, and 

 in the Sanda valley. 



232. QUEEQUEDULA FALCATA, Pallas. 



Anas falcata, Pallas (Georgi), Reise. Buss. Beichs., p. 167, 1775 ; Brandt, Descr. et Icoues, Anim. 



Ross. Nov. Aves, £asc. i, pi. iii, 1836 ; Bree, B. Eur., iv, p. 150, 1866 ; Schl., Mus. P.-B. 



Anseres, p. 72, 1866; Midd., Sibir. Reise, p. 231,taf. xxi,f]g. 2, 1867. 

 Anas f alcana , Pall., Reise. Russ. Reichs., t. iii, p. 701, 1776. 

 Querquedula f alcana, 'Ety ton, Monogr. Anat., p. 126, 1838. 

 Querquedula falcata, 'Qotlq;^., R&v. Cxii.Ovn., Eur. Degl., p. 193,1850; Degl. & Gerbe, Orn., 



Eur., Bd. ii, p. 526, 1867 ; Sharpe & Dresser, B. Eur., pt. ii, 1871; Gray, Handl. B., vol. 



iii, p. 84, 1871 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 225. 

 Eunetta falcata, Bonap., Compt. Rend., xliii, p. 650, 1856 ; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, 



p. 419. 

 Anas (Querquedula) falcata, Schrenck, Reise. Amurl,, p. 476, 1859 ; Radde, Reise. Ost., Sib., p. 



369, 1863. 

 Querquedula multicolor, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 67. 



a. b. $ Tamilone, Tapeng, 4th February 1875. 



After careful examination of the ducks in the British Museum, the falcated 

 Teal was the only one with which the above specimen seemed to agree. 



