92 



Mongolie, ii. pp. 149, 170, u. 2o3 (1876) ; P)-jev. in Roiol. Orn. 



Misc. iii. p. 95 (1878). 

 Anser cinereus (3. subalbifrons, Severtz. J.f. 0. 1875,p. 184 (Turkestan). 

 An.ser cinereus rubrirostris, Seehh. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 501 (1885). 



Similar to A. ferus, but somewhat larger, especially the bill and 

 feet, and more marked with black on the underparts ; bill of a 

 flesh-colour, with the base of the upper mandible bright red (Radde). 

 Total length about 33 inches, wing 18, tail 6-.5, culmen 2-7, 

 tarsus 3-2. 



Young birds have the underparts greyish white, with no black 

 markings. 



Hab. Siberia, in winter Northern India and S. China. 



Sassyk-Ala Kul, Turkestan, Dr. Otto Finsch [C.]. 



May. 



Kashgar, Feb. (Forsyth). India Museum [P.]. 



India. Purchased. 



India. Colonel Cobb [C.]. 



a. (J ad. sk. 



h. Imm. sk. 

 c, d. Ad. at. 

 e,f. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 (J. Ad. sk. 

 h. y ad. sk. 



i. (5 ad. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



tn-q. Ad. et 1mm. Etawah, Nov., Dec, Feb. 



sk. 

 r. 9 ad. sk. 



India {Blyth). India Museum [P.]. 



R. Jlieelum below Shahpoor, Hume Coll. 



Nov. [A. O. if.). 



R. ludus, Dec. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Delhi. Hume Coll. 



Gurgaon, Feb. (JV. IL ChUl). Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Futtehguhr, Nov. (A. Ander 

 son). 



s. S ad. sk. Allahabad, Nov. (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



t-v. Ad. et imm. Oudh, Nov., Jan., Feb. Hume Coll. 



sk. 

 w. Ad. sk. Kurnal, Feb. Hume Coll. 



.V. cS imm.sk. Dollah, Assam, April (J. C'ocA:- Hume Coll. 



htirn). 

 y. Ad. sk. Canton, China {S. Bligh). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Anser albifrons. 



White-fronted Goose. 



Anas septentrionalis sylvestris, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 269 (1760). 

 Branta albifrons, (Sro;j. Atm. I. Hist. Nat. p. 69, n. 87 (1769). 

 Anser casarka, S. G. G7n. (nee Anas casarka) Beis. ii. p. 177, t. 13 



(1774). 

 Oca lombardella, Gerini, Star, deyli Ucc. v. t. 560 ('1776). 

 Oye rieuse. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 81 (1783). 

 White-fronted Goose, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 463. u. 22 (1785). 

 Anas albifrons, Lath. Gen. Suppl. i. p. 297 (1787) ; G7n. S. N. i. 2, 



p. 509, no. 64 (part.) (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii. p. 842, n. 27 



(part.) (1790) ; Vieill. N. D. xxiii. p. .344 (part.) (1818) ; Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. ii. p. 821 (1820) ; Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, 



pi. 31 (1828). 

 Anas albicans (errore), Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 516, n. 76 (1788) : Lath. 



Lid. Orn. ii. p. 845, n. 34 (1790) ; Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. ii. 



p. 454, n. 38 (1803) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 344 (1872) ( = Branta 



albifrons, Scop.). 



