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Anser serrirostris^ Gould. This is the 

 eastern form of the common Bean-Goose, 

 characterised by an extremely massive 

 bill. It occurs in Eastern Asia, wintering 

 in China and Japan. This is the form 

 which will probably be found to occur in 

 Burma and the Shan States. The legs 

 and bill are coloured as in the common 

 Bean-Goose of Europe. The bill measures 

 from 2'4 to 27 in length. The depth 

 of the lower mandible is just half an inch, 

 and the wing measures from 18 to 19. 



Anser middendorffi^ Severtzoff. No 

 possible mistake can be made about this 

 Goose. It differs from the other five 

 Geese of this type in having the head 

 and neck a fine golden buff, not chocolate- 

 brown. In addition to this, the bill is of 

 great size, measuring 3 '2 in length, and 

 •45 in the depth of the lower mandible. 

 The wing measures 18 '5 in a fine male 

 in the British Museum, obtained by 

 Radde in Amurland in May. Both 

 Radde and Shrenck agree in stating that 

 the legs and the band across the bill are 

 orange- gold, and Middendorff figures the 

 bill as such. This fine species appears 

 to be found in a great part of Eastern 

 and Northern Siberia, and very little is 

 known al)out it, 



