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beak. It is only about half the weight of 

 the Whooper, averaging about ten pounds. 

 The stretch of wing is from six feet to six 

 feet six inches. 



For sake of discrimination, Geese may 

 be divided into two groups : 



(a) Those having the " nail " at the tip 

 of the beak white or of a very pale flesh 

 colour. 



(b) Those in which the " nail " is black 

 (Newton) . 



The Grey-leg Goose (Anser cinereus) is 

 the largest of the Grey Geese, and weighs 

 from eight to ten pounds. The bill, legs 

 and feet are pale pink, the body buff with 

 brown bars. 



The White-fronted Goose (Anser al- 

 bifrons) not common in China. Legs orange, 

 bill flesh colour, nail white. Breast plumage 

 shaded white with transverse bars of 

 brownish grey and black. Its distinctive 

 white-band on the forehead accounts for its 

 title Alba frons, white-fronted. 



The lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser 

 erythropus) . This is really the common 

 goose of China, and may readily be 

 distinguished by its bright orange bill and 

 legs and its mouse-coloured upper wing 



