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Blyth first identified this species as 

 Indian from a drawing of a specimen 

 shot in the Punjab. Colonel Irby shot 

 this Goose near Lucknow. Then Mr. 

 Hmiie secured two Geese of this species 

 in the Jumna river. Colonel Graham 

 stated -to him that this species was not 

 uncommon on the Bhramaputra river in 

 Assam. Again, Major-General J. H. 

 McLeod informs us that he shot one of 

 these Geese out of a flock of about twenty 

 on the Kunawany'/;//, near Gurdaspur in the 

 Punjab. Lastly, there are two specimens, 

 identified with this Goose, in the Lucknow 

 Museum, which are Indian-killed. 



Much doubt must be attached to the 

 identification of a Goose of this type by 

 Indian naturalists who do not have an 

 opportunity of comparing their Indian 

 specimens with others from Europe. Even 

 English authors have confounded the 

 Pink-footed Goose with allied species, 

 and one of our most recent writers, the 

 late Mr. Seebohm, says that this Goose 

 " is so nearly related to the Bean-Goose 

 that its specific distinction from that 

 bird is doubtful." Of course there is no 

 doubt in the minds of most persons, who 

 have studied the subject, that the Bean- 

 and Pink-footed Geese are quite distinct, 



