15. ANSER. 105 



!>. Anser indicns. 



Barred-hoaded Goose, Lath. Sipi. SvppL i. p. 217 (1787). 



Anas iudica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 839, n. 20 (1790). 



Anser undulata, Bonn. Enc. Melh. i. p. 114 (1790) (e.r Latham). 



Anser melanocephalus, Vieill. N. D. xxiii. p. 332 (1818) ; Dum. 

 Diet. Sc. Sat. XXV. p. 460 (1825). 



Anser indica, Steph. Gen. Znol. xii. 2, p. 36 (1824) ; Gould, Cent. 

 Him. B. pi. 80 (1831). 



Anser indiciis, Sxjkes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 125 ; Et/t. Mon. Anat. p. 90 

 (1838) ; Tig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 173; JmZ. Madr. Journ. xii. p. 217, 

 n. 375 (1840); Hod.js. in Grai/s Zool. Misc. p. 86, n. 593 

 (1844) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Ahi.s. iii. p. 130 (1844); id. Cat. 

 Ilodffs. Coil. B.M. p. 144 (1846) ; Licht. Xom. Ai\^. 101 (1854) ; 

 Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. p. 782 (1864) ; Schley. Mm. P.-B., Anseres, 

 p. 114 (1866) ; Blyth, Ibi,^ 1867, p. 175; Bean. Ibis, 1868, p. 401 

 (Umballah); Ei/t. Syn. Anat. p. 37 (1869); Gieh. Thes. Orn. i. 

 p. 371 (1872); Hume, Str. Feath. 1878, p. 260; Adam, t. c. 

 p. 401 ; Hume, Nests ^- Eyys, p. 636 (1873) ; Butl. Sir. Feath. iv. 

 pp. 27, 40 (Sindh), p. 499 (1876) ; Dress. Ibis, 1876, p. _419 

 (=skoruiakovi) ; Hume, Str. Feath. iv. p. 499 (juv ) (1876) ; 

 Przeiv. Monyolie, ii. pp. 151, 170, u. 256 (1876) ; Prjev. in Moid. 

 Orn. Misc. iii. p. 97 (Lake Koko-nor) (1878) ; Anders. West 

 Yunn. ii. p. 698 (1878) ; Hume, Str. Feath. vii. p. 491 (Calcutta) 

 (1879), Tiii. p. 114, n. 949 (1879) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 18S0, p. 500; 

 Hwne c5- Mar.^h. Game B. of Ind. iii. p. 81, pi. 12 (1880) ; Bidd. 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 99; Echnw. Voy. d. Zool. Gtirt. p. 66 (1882); Salv. 

 Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 528 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8tb 

 ed. p. 418 (1883); Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 76 (Pamir range) ; 

 B. O. U. List Br. B. p. 116 (1883) ; Przetc. Reis. in Thibet, 

 pp. 64, 226 (1884) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 320 (breeding, Zool. 

 Gard. Rotterd.) ; Kimbery, Zool. Gart. 1886, p. 324 (Sbamin) ; 

 Pleske, Rev. Turkest. Ornis, p. 54 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. B. p. 51 

 (1889); Hume, Nests &^- Eyys (Oates ed.), iii. p. 279 (1890); 

 Hartert, Kat. Voyelsamml. p. 227, no. 3359 (1891); Sharpe, Sec. 

 Turk. Miss., Aves, p. 128 (1891) ; Pleske, Mel. Biol. xiii. p. 298, 

 n. 107 (1892) ; Neu-t. Diet, of B. p. 373 (pt. 2, 1893) ; Oust. Nouv. 

 Arch. Mm. (3) vi. p. 97 (1894). 



Bemicla indica, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 608, n. 15 (1844) ; Rchnb. 

 Syn. Av., Natatores, t. 101. ff. 951-52 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 

 A. S. B. p. 301, n. 1757 (1849); Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 509 

 (Indus & Punjab). 



Eulabeia indica, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. ix (1852) ; G. R. Gr. Cat. 

 Hodqs. Coll. r>. M. 2nd ed. p. 76 (1863); id. Hand-list, iii. 

 p. 75, n. 10569 (1871) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. de Fr. ii. p. 43 

 (Lake Baikal) (1877) ; Hein. u. Rchinc. Norn. Mux. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 341 (1890). 



Eulabsea indica, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 648, n. 11 (1856). 



An.ser skorniakovi, Severtz. Turkest. Jevoin. pp. 70, 149, pi. x. ff. 3, 

 (ad.) 4 (pull.) (Turkestan) (1873) ; id. J. f. 0. 1873. pp. 346, 377, 

 386, 1875, pp. 80, 100, 184 ; id. Zeitschr. 'yes. Orn. 1887, p. 137. 



Eulabeia indicus, Ball, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 436. 



Adult. Head white, with two horse-sboe blackish bars on the 

 occiput and nape; hind-neck brown-black ; a longitudinal white band 

 on the sides of the neck ; upper plumage very pale ashy, the feathers 



