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in the markets of Canton (Vaughan and Jones, 1913). Many are said to be caught in 
flight-nets in that region. The late Walter R. Zappey who collected for Thayer and 
Bangs in western Szechwan in 1908, said that the natives shot these birds in con- 
siderable numbers for food. Baker (1908) speaks of shooting these and other ducks 
in Lakhimpur, by erecting concealed platforms and then making drives wdth boats. 
Status. There is no information as to recent increase or decrease of this species, 
but in 1913 it was said to be the commonest duck in southern China (Vaughan and 
Jones, 1913). Ghidini (1911), speaking of wholesale importations of ducks from the 
lower Yangtse to Europe, says he found among a large number of other species a few 
specimens of the Eastern Gray Duck. Apparently these birds were shipped from the 
vicinity of Hankow. 
In Japan this duck is protected by law from April 16 to October 14 and is then 
regarded as a game-bird. 
I have never seen this bird in confinement in America, and so far as I know it has 
never been imported alive into either America or Europe. 
