15. ANSER. 



101 



Anser palustria (?) (errore), Pwker, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 517 ; Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. i. p. 374 (1872). 



Adult male. Head and neck greyish brown ; a few whitish 

 feathers on the base of the bill ; back and scapulars dark brown, 

 slightly tinged with grey, each feather margined with greyish 

 wliite ; rump blackish brown ; upper tail-coverts white ; breast 

 pale greyish brown, changing into white on the abdomen, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts ; flanks brown, with pale edgings to the feathers ; 

 wings brown, more greyish on the bend of the wing, bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and base of the primaries ; wing- coverts, second- 

 aries, and tertials edged with white; under wing-coverts ash- 

 brown : bill with the nail, edges, and base black, the middle portion 

 deep orange ; irides dark brown ; feet orange, claws black. Total 

 length 34 inches, wing 19, tail 6-5, bill 2-4, tarsus 2-G. 



Female similar to the male, but somewhat smaller. 



Younrj birds of the year are rather darker in the general colour 

 of their plumage, the markings are less distinct, and there is a tinge 

 of tawny colour about the neck. 



i/a'j." Western Palajarctic Region, breeding in Northern Russia 

 and La])land, migrating to the basin of the Caspian, wintering 

 in all Europe and Northern Africa ; has occurred as far south as 

 Madeira. 



a, b, c. cf ad. et Gt. Britain, 

 ad. St. 



d. Pull. St. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



(f. Ad. sk. 

 A. Ad. sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 



Zoological Gardens {Bartlett). 

 Edinburgh, Jan. 



England (?), Leadenhall Market. 

 Norfolk, Jan. 



Nova Zembla, July {Capt. 

 MarJchatu). 

 k. 2 ad. head, Petchora (//. S.). 



neck, & legs. 

 /. 2 fid. sk. Yen-e-say, Siberia, lat. 665°, 



May (H. S.). 

 m, n, 0. Skeletons. 



ITybrids. 



Anser fahalis X A. ferus. 

 p. 2 ad. sk. Northrepps, Norwich, April. 



Anser fahalis X A. albifrons. 

 i>^- 6 $ juv. sk. Lilford Aviaries, Aug. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll- 

 Feilden and Harvie- 



Brown Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



J. H. Gurnev, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



7. Anser serrirostris. 

 a. serrirostris. 



Anser segetum, Midd. (nee Gm.) Sibir. Eeise, ii. 2, p. 227 (var. 

 S.E. Siberia) (1851): Sckrenck, Beis. Amur-L. p. 463 (1860); 

 Stcinh. Ibis, 1860. p. 67. 1861, p. 344, 1862, p. 253; id. P. Z. S. 



