394 ANSERINZE. 
Cygnus olor, Gm. 
944¢er—Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 282; Game 
Birds of India, Vol. III, p. 41. 
THe MUTE SWAN. 
Length, 60; expanse, 82; wing, 22°5; tail, 10; tarsus, 4; 
bill from gape, 3°75. 
Bill reddish-orange, edges and tip black ; irides dark brown ; 
legs and feet black ; callous tubercle at base of upper mandible 
-and cere black. 
Entire plumage white. 
The Mute Swan was obtained on the Munchur Lake during 
an exceptionally severe winter by Mr. Watson in 1878. Dr. 
Stoliczka records that he noticed several Swans on the Runn of 
Cutch, but at too great a distance for it to be possible to identify 
them. The Mute Swan must be considered a very rare and 
uncertain cold weather visitant to Sind. 
Famity, Anseride. 
Bill moderate or short, narrower in front than behind, more or 
less raised at the base; legs rather long, set more forward on 
the body than the ducks; plumage of the sexes differmg but 
slightly. 
SuB-FAMILY, Anserine. 
Bill short, high at the base, conical; nail large, convex ; laminar 
teeth more or less exposed, short; nostrils median, large ; tarsus 
thick, lengthened; feet of moderate or rather small size; wings 
ample, moderately long, first and second quills longest; tail short, 
of 16 or 18 feathers; legs nearly central; tibia feathered nearly 
to the joint ; neck moderately long ; trachea simple. 
Genus, Anser, Brisson. 
Bill very high at the base, about the length of the head; the 
lamellze tooth-like, very apparent externally; nostrils a little 
behind the middle ; toes moderately long ; claws short and curved ; 
neck moderately long ; of large size and grey plumage, the bill 
pale, and legs usually reddish. 
Anser cinereus, Jey. 
945.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IL, p. 779; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 26; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of 
Sind, p. 283; Game Birds of India, Vol. III, p. 55; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 136. 
THE GREY GOOSE. 
Length, 30 to 35; expanse, 58 to 68; wing, 15°75 to 19-0 ;.tail, 
5°75 to 7-0; tarsus, 2°5 to 3°2; weight, 5? to 814 lbs. 
Bill creamy-white to pale livid fleshy-pink or dingy livid pur- 
plish-red ; nail sullied white ; irides brown. 
