15. ANSEK. 89 



b' . Ruiii]) (lark greyi.^h brown. 



//'. White on the forehead not reaching 

 a line between the eves. 

 *'. Smaller : total length about 1'7 



inches, culraen VQ albifrons, p. 92. 



c". Larger : total length about 29 



inches, culmen 2-3 gumbeli, p. 95. 



c". White on the forehead reaching a 

 line between the eyes on the top of 

 the head: total length about 21 



inches, culmen 1-27 eri/thropus, p. 97. 



h. Nail of the bill dusky or black ; no dark 

 brown band well-defined on the hind 

 neck, 

 c'. An orange band round the median part 

 of the beak ; feet orange. 



(•". Smaller : culmen 2-6 inches fabalis, p. 99. 



d". Larger : culmen 2'4-3'4 inches .... serrirostris, p. 101. 

 d' . A pink band round the median part 



of the beak ; feet pink flesh-colour . . brachyrhynchus, p. 103. 

 K. Tomia not very arched, almost straight ; 

 indentations of upper mandible scarcely 

 apparent (Eidabeia) ; dark brown band well- 

 detiued along the hind neck ; head white, 

 with two black crescentic bands on the oc- 

 ciput and nape indictts, p. 105. 



1. Anser ferus. 

 Grev Lag Goose. 



Anser domesticus, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 262 (1760) (ex Gesner). 

 Anas anser (ferns), Brinin. Orn. Bor. p. 13, n. 53 (1764). 

 Anas anser, Linn. S. N. i. p. 197, n. 9 (a & /3) (1766) ; Gm. S. N. 



I. 2, p. 510, n. 9 (1788); Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 841, n. 26 (1790) ; 



Bp. Specckio Comp. p. 70, n. 216 (1827). 

 Oca paglietana, Gerini, Stor. degli Ucc. v. tav. 559 (1776). 

 Die, Biiff. Hist, ^^at. Ois. ix. p. 30, pi. 2 (1783). 

 Grey lag-goose, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 546, n. 473(1785); Lath. 



Syn. iii. 2, p. 459, n. 21 (1785). 

 Anser ferus, Schaeff. Mus. Orn. p. 67, n. 214 (1789). 

 Anas anser ferus, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 415, with pi. (1803) ; 



Temm. Man. cTOrn. p. 526 (1815) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. ii. p. 818 



(1820); Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, pi. 29 (18—?); Les.s. Tr. 



d'Orn. p. 628 (1831). 

 Anser ciuereus, Meyer [nee Bonn.), Taschenb. ii. p. 552 (1810) ; 



VieiM. N. D. xxiii. p. 313 (1818); Dum. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxx\. 



p. 458 (1825) ; Rou.v, Orn. Prov. pis. 358, 359 (1825) ; Cuv. Regn. 



An. 2nd ed. i. p. 508 (1829); Savi, Orn. Tosc. iii. p. 178 (1831) ; 



Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 835 (1831) ; Bp. Comp. List, p. 35, 



n. 398 (1838) ; Bartl. P. Z. S. 18-39, p. 2 ; K. ^- B. Wirbelth. 



Eur. pp. Ixxxiii, 224 (1840) ; Bp. Cat. Met. Ucc. Eur. p. 70, 



n. 423 (1842) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. xi. p. 229, Taf. 285 (1842) ; 



Schleg. Rev. Crit. p. cix (1844); Rchnh. Syn. Av., Natatores, 



Selys, Naumannia, 18o5, p. 262 ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 648, 

 n. 15 (1856) ; Schleg. Vog. Nederl. pl. 276 (1861) ; Kordm. J.f. O. 



