4. Chen rossi. 



Horned Wawey of Hearne, Jouni. to the North Ocean, p. 4i'J 



(1795). 

 Anser rossi, Baird, MS.; Cass. Pr. Ac. PhUad. 1861, p. 73; Ross, 



Canad. Nat. vii. p. 151 (1862) ; id. Nat. Hist. Rev. (2) ii. p. 286 



(Mackenzie River) (1862): Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 130: ScMeff. 



Mm. P.-B., Anseres, p. 108 (1866) ; Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 46 (1869) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 373 (1872); Cawes, Jfey, 1872, p. 282 ; id. 



Check-list, n. 481 (1873) ; id. B. N.- West, p. 553 (1874) ; Allen, BuU. 



Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p. 52 (1876) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 501. 

 Exanthemops rossii, Elliot, III. Am. B. iv. pi. 44 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, iii. p. 75, n. 10573 (1871) ; Heine 8)- Rchno. Norn. Mus. 



Hein. Orn. p. 341 (1890). 

 Chen rossi, Ridgic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1880, p. 203 ; id. Norn. N. 



Am. B. n. 592 (1881) ; Cones, Check-list, 2nd ed. p. Ill n. 697 



(1882) ; B., B., ^R. Water-B. of N. Am. i. p. 444 (1884) : Coues, 



Key to N. Arn. B. p. 686, n. 697 (1884); A. O. U. Code of 



Nomencl ^- Check-list, p. 126, n. 170 (1886); Ridgiv. Man. N. 



Am. B. p. 115 (1887) ; 3Iacfarl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 423 



(1891). 



Adult. Colours exactly as in C. hyperhoreus. Entirely snowy 

 white, the primaries black, fading into hoary ash basally ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts hoary ash : bill with the basal portion of 

 npper mandible often wrinkled and warty ; colour of the bill dull 

 reddish, the tip white ; feet dull reddish. Total length 20-26 inches, 

 wing 13-75-15-50, tail 5, culmen 1-50-1-7O, tarsus 2-30-3. 



Young. White, tinged with greyish, the centres of the feathers 

 of the upper parts deeper greyish ; bill and feet dusky. 



Hah. Interior of Arctic America in summer, migrating soath in 

 winter to Southern California, and eastward to Montana. 



a. Ad. St. California. Purchased. 



h. Ad. St. San Joaquin Fall, California. Ilr. Gruber [C.]. 



c, d, e. 2 ad. et San Francisco, Calif ornia,winter Salvin-Godman Coll, 



ad. sk. (G. W. Harford), 



f. $ ad. sk. Stockton, California, Feb. {S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Huskim) . 



15. ANSER. 



Type. 



Anser, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 261 (1760) A, ferus. 



Anseria, Rajinesque, Analyse, p. 72 (1815). 



Marilochen, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. ix (1852) .... A. erythropus. 



Range. Northern Hemisphere. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



A. Tomia distinctly arched, with indentations 



of upper mandible quite apparent {Anser). 



a. Nail of the bill white. 



a'. Rump french-grev, no conspicuous white , , „ qq 

 PIT* J Tcvus • pi oy. 



on forehead < -^ i ■ '^ . ■ ni 



\ rubrirostris, p. 91. 



