93. THE BARRED-HEADED GOOSE. 



Anser indiciis^ (Latham). 



Outer primaries grey, tipped with 

 blackish ; inner primaries and outer 

 secondaries uniformly blackish; all 

 with white shafts. 



Upper tail-coverts white. 



Axillaries bluish grey. 



Bill entirely of a pale colour, with the 

 nail of both mandibles black. 



Rump bluish grey. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names : — Hans, Kureyee- 

 hans, Raj-hans, Birwa, Hind. ; Paria, 

 Nepal Terai ; Nangpa, Ladak ; Neer- 

 bathoo, Coimbatore ; Bonooria - hans, 

 Assam ; Badi-hans, Chittagong ; Kafig- 

 nai, Manipur ; Tatc-ftgan, Burmese. 



The Barred-headed Goose visits the 

 plains of India in the cold weather, 

 arriving in October and leaving in March, 

 or even xApril, but these periods vary, 

 of course, according to locality and 

 climate. 



This species may be considered a 



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