ANSERES— ANy\TII)/i: 215 



yellow, nail horny white. Legs and feet flesh colour, claws black. 

 Iris brown. Wing 415-480. Tarsus 73-79. IJill 47-Co. 



y)'>'-^^/^\— Iceland, N. and W. Scotland, Continental Europe 

 north and east of a line from Denmark through Germany, 

 Austria and Hungary to Rumania and Macedonia (has also 

 bred in Spain and Algeria), Caucasus, and through N. Asia 

 to Kamtschatka. Chiefly migratory. Resident in Scotland, 

 occurs in winter south to Mediterranean (abundant S. Spain) 

 and N.W. Africa, and S.W. Asia to India and China ; occasional 

 in Azores and Madeira. 



Anser albifrons albifrons (Scopoli). White-fronted 

 Goose. Ger. Bhissgans ; Ital. Oca lombardella ; Swed. Bkisgas. 



$ ? Resemble "A. anser" but smaller, and lack grey on 

 wing coverts and rump ; a white band on forehead varying in 

 width and not reaching eyes ; underparts heavily marked with 

 black (except in extreme youth). Wings long, but barely 

 reaching end of tail. Bill pale flesh, edges of nostrils, a longi- 

 tudinal streak between them and on rami of lower mandible 

 yellowish, nail white. Legs and feet orange, occasionally pinkish, 

 claws white. Eyelids grey. Wing ^ 415-450, 9 380-405. 

 Tarsus 68-75. Bill 45-51. 



Breeds. — Lapland, Finland, Kola and Kanin Peninsulas, 

 Kolguev, Nova Zembla, and through N. Siberia to New Siberian 

 Islands ; also Iceland and Greenland. Migratory ; occurs in 

 winter in C. and S. Europe (British Isles to Mediterranean), 

 N. Africa, and widely in S. Asia ; found on passage in N. Europe, 

 Denmark, Poland, Germany, and C. Russia. 



Anser erythropus (L.). Lesser White-fronted Goose. 

 Fr. Oie naine ; Ger. Zwerggans ; Swcd. Finmarke Gas. 



^ 9 Smaller than "albifrons," wings reach beyond tail, 

 white on forehead extends above to behind the line of the eyes. 

 Eyelids orange yellow. Bill rosy flesh or rosy red, nail white. 

 Legs and feet orange yellow. Iris dark chestnut. Wing $ 367- 

 388, ? 352-381. Tarsus 58-62. Bill 28-35 (W.). 



Breeds. — Finland, Lapland, Kanin Peninsula, Kolguev, Nova 

 Zembla and across north Coast of Asia. Migrates ; winters 

 W. Europe, British Isles to Spain and Italy (rare), also Greece 

 and Egypt and in Asia (India to China and Japan). 



