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common bird in Northern India from 

 the Punjab to Assam. On the western 

 side, it appears to occur as far south 

 as Sind and but rarely in the Bombay 

 Presidency ; it is common in the Central 

 Provinces; and on the east coast it 

 extends down to the Chilka lake. 



In Southern India, this Goose is by 

 no means so rare as it is generally deemed. 

 Major Mclnroy, as recorded by Messrs. 

 Hume and Marshall, found it in large 

 numbers in Mysore. Mr. W. N. Fleming 

 tells us that it is a regular cold-weather 

 visitor to the Tinnevelly District, that 

 he once saw a flock of about fifty, and 

 that in 1897 it stayed from November 

 to the end of February. Jerdon, on 

 one occasion, observed this species in the 

 extreme south of India. It is not known 

 in Ceylon. 



South of Assam, this Goose has been 

 observed by Mr. Eden in Sylhet, and 

 by Mr. Hume in Manipur. It occurs, 

 as I am informed by Captain F. T. 

 Williams, in the Chindwin river, and I 

 know from personal knowledge that it is 

 common enough in the Irrawaddy river 

 and adjacent tanks and backwaters, 

 down to Myingyan at the least. 



Messrs. Hume and Marshall inform 



