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white band on the forehead which 

 does not reach as far back as the eye 

 and sometimes a white spot at the 

 base of the lower mandible. The 

 upper parts are brownish ash. The 

 breast is brownish white, and there 

 are usually some irregular black 



marking on the upper breast. In 

 young birds the white on the head is 

 either absent or brownish white, and 

 there are no black markings on the 

 breast. 



Distrihution. — It occurs throughout 

 the Palaearctic region, wintering 

 south through China. It is more com- 

 mon in South and Central China than 

 in the North during the winter. It 

 breeds in the far North. 



LESSEE WHITE-FEONTED 

 GOOSE. 



ANSER ERYTHROPUS. (l.) 



Description. — Length 21 inches. 

 Bill pale. Legs yellow. Iris brown. 



This goose is very much like the 

 White-fronted Goose : it differs from 

 that one in that it is smaller in size ; 

 the bill is much smaller ; the plumage 

 is darker in coloring, and that the 

 white on the forehead covers a larger 

 area. The distinguishing mark of 

 this species is that the white of the 

 forehead extends as far back on the 

 top of the head as the eye. 



Distrihution. — Europe and Asia. 

 Common throughout China in the 

 winter, and especially on migration 

 when large numbers cross the country 

 to and from the breeding grounds in 

 the tundras of Siberia. 



