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a bird obtained by Dr. Bonavia. Three 

 specimens shot by Mr. W. N. Chill in 

 March, near Sultanpur, thirty miles south 

 of Delhi, are also in the same collection. 

 These four Indian-killed specimens are 

 all very fine adult birds. Quite recently 

 Mr. F. Finn received three live birds of 

 this species from some part of Upper 

 India. 



The distribution of this Goose is very 

 similar to that of the Large White-fronted 

 Goose, except that it does not appear to 

 occur to the west of Lapland. It extends 

 from that country right across Asia to 

 Japan, being found in summer in very 

 high latitudes. In the winter it migrates 

 to Southern Europe, the Caspian Sea, 

 Central Asia, India, and China. 



The habits of this Goose are seldom 

 referred to at any length by European 

 writers. I shall first quote what Dr. Bree 

 says of this species. 



He writes : — " Their manners and 

 habits of flight are very similar to those 

 of Geese in general. In their long migra- 

 tions they form an oblique line, one after 

 the other ; and M. Dubois states that 

 they will sometimes follow flocks of 

 Harvest Geese, at the same time keeping 

 at a distance from them. If these last 



