17. I'niLAtTB. 



109 



reddish brown. Total length about 36 inches, wing 17-5, tail 7, 

 bill 3-5, tarsus 2-9. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



In the domesticated state this Goose has the bill red, much shorter, 

 and with a large frontal knob. 



Hah. Breeds in Eastern Siberia and winters in China ; apparently- 

 resident in Japan ; has been recorded from the Kurile Islands. 



a. cS ad. sk. 



b, c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/, g. Ad. st. et 



pull. (doni. 



var.). 

 h. Ad. St. 

 t. Skeleton 



(dom. var.). 

 k. Skeleton 



(dom. var.). 



Amoorland, April {Radde). 

 Shanfrhai, March, Nov. {R. 



Sioinhoe). 

 Shanghai, Nov. (R. Swinhoe). 



Yokohama, Japan (Oivston). 



Liphook, Hants (dom. var.). 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P-]- 

 Capt. Blakiston [P.]. 

 Zool. Garden. 



T. Butler, Esq. [P.]. 

 Eyton Coll. 



Hybrid C. cygnoides (dome.stica) X Bernicla canadensis. 



/. Ad. sk. 



Domestic. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



17. PHILACTE. 



Type. 



Philaete, Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phi/ad. 1870, 



P- 131 p canagica. 



Mange. .North-east Asia and North-west America. 



1. Philaete canagica. 



Anas canagica, Sevastianoff, Nova Acta Ac. St. Petersh. xiii. p 346 



pi. X (1800). ■ 



Anser pictus, Pall, [nee Bonnaterre) Zoogr. Ross.-As. ii. p. 233 



(syn. emend.), tab. G7 (1811); Schleg. Handl. Bierl: i. p. 458 



(18-57) ; Nordensk. Vug. of the Vega, ii. p. 42 (Chuck Peninsula) 



(1881) ; Palmen, Gt. Intern. Fish. Exh. Lond., Sweden, Spec. Cat. 



p. 200 (1883). ^ 



Anser canagicus, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. PStersb. i. p. 37 (18.36) ; id. 



F>escr. et Icon. Anim. Ross. i. p. 7, tab. 1 (18^6) ; Schleg. Dierent. 



p. 278 with Kg. (1864) ; id. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 11.5 (1866) ; 



Finsch, Ahh. Brem. Ver. iii. p. 66 (l.'^69); Gieh. T/ics Orn.'i 



p. 370 (1872); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 601 ; Brandt, J.f. 0.1891, 



p. 267. 

 Bernicla canagica, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 607, n. 7 (1844) ; Rchnb. 



Sgn. Ai\, Natatore.s t. 101. ff. 414-41.5 (1845) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. 



p. 100 ( 1854) ; iJegl. ^- Gerhc, Orn. Em: ii. p. 492 ( 1867 ) : Salvad. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 348; Monthiz. Bidl. Soc. Acclim. 1886, p. 16-5. 

 Chloephaga canagica, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 648, n. 20 (1856) ■ 



Baird, B. N. Am. p. 768 (1858) ; id. Cat. N. Am. B. n. 573 



