91. THE LARGE WHITE-FRONTED 

 GOOSE. 



Afiser albifrons, (Scopoli). 



Outer primaries grey, tipped with 

 blackish ; inner primaries and outer 

 secondaries uniformly blackish ; all 

 with white shafts. 



Upper tail-coverts white. 



Axillaries dark ashy. 



Bill of a pale colour, without any 

 black, and measuring about i'8 from 

 the forehead straight to the tip of 

 the nail of the upper mandible. 



Rump dark brown or blackish. 



Sexes alike. 

 Vernacular Name \—Rhai-hans , Oudh. 



The Large White-fronted Goose is, no 

 doubt, commoner in India, during the 

 winter, than is generally supposed. It 

 appears to be overlooked, or perhaps 

 mistaken for other Geese. 



This Goose has occurred in various 

 locahties in the Punjab, and Sind. 

 Lieut. C. D. Lester obtained it in Cutch. 

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