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ANAS PCECILORHYNCHA 
Society having obtained them at an average of $12.00 per pair, although this is 
certainly low. They were first bred in this country by Frederick Gallatin. 
They live well in confinement and the average duration of life of thirty-seven 
individuals in London was thirty-three months with a maximum age of ten years 
and seven months. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RACES 
ANAS PCECILORHYNCHA PCECILORHYNCHA Forster 
Characters: Orange spot at base of culmen; bill large. 
Range: India as far as western Assam, and in Cachar, Sylhet, Chittagong, and possibly into Arakan. 
The specimens which I have seen from Manipur and Assam (British Museum) appear the same as 
those from India. 
AAAS PCECILORHYNCHA HARINGTONI (Oates) 
Polionetta haringtoni Oates, .lourn. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 17, p. 558, 1907. 
Anas haringtoni Harington, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 19, p. 313, 1909. 
Anas pacilorhyncka haringtoni Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 22, p. 805, 1914. 
Characters: Orange spot at base of bill absent. Size slightly smaller. Specimens from southern 
Shan States in British Museum seem to be a little lighter colored on the breast and upper abdomen. 
Range: Valley of the Irrawaddy River and the whole of Burma, the Shan States and Chin Hills, 
Yunnan, Cochin-China and possibly southwestern China (Baker, 1914). 
