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. Zoo!., 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, Proe. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 418; Sharpe & Dresser, B. Bur., 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. 



Querquedula 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. Qtjeequedula falcata, Pallas. 



Anas falcata, Pallas (Georgi), Reise. Russ. Reichs., p. 167, 1775 ; Brandt, Descr. et Icones, Anim. 



Ross. Nov. Aves, fasc. 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,fig. 2, 1867. 

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

 Querquedula falcaria, Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 126, 1838. 

 Querquedwla falcata, ^onai).,B.ev. Cvit. Om., Eur. Degl., p. 193,1860; 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, 1S63. 

 Querqwedula 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. 



