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Legs and feet vary in color, similar to the bill. 
Head and neck clove-brown, tinged with grey, the forehead 
whitish ; back, scapulars, greater and middle wing-coverts, clove- 
brown, the feathers broadly edged with greyish-white ; lower back 
and upper tail-coverts bluish-ashy ; lesser wing-coverts and base of 
the primaries bluish-grey; primaries black, shaded with grey, with 
the shafts white ; secondaries black, edged with white ; rump and 
sides of the upper tail-coverts white; tail brown, edged with 
white, the outermost one almost wholly white; breast and upper 
belly greyish white, undulated with bars of a deeper tint; lower 
abdomen and under tail-coverts white. 
The Grey or Lag Goose of England is very common in Sind, 
occurring in all the larger lakes, and on the river ; it is far from 
being uncommon in Guzerat, Central India and Rajputana ; it 
does not occur in the Deccan. 
It is a cold weather visitant only. It is very variable in plu- 
mage, scarcely two birds being found alike. 
Anser albifrons, Scop. 
947.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 780; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 284; Game Birds of India, Vol. III, 
p. 73. 
THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 
Length, 26 to 28 ; expanse, 52 to 56; wing, 15 to 15°75; tail, 
5:2 to6; tarsus, 2°45 to 2°75; bill from gape, 1°87 to 2; weight, 
Aes to.5-2 = Vs: 
Bill pale livid-fleshy ; nail whitish or pale yellowish-white ; 
irides pale brown; legs and feet bright orange. 
Head and neck brownish, shaded with reddish ; forehead and 
part of the cheeks white, surrounded by a dark brown band; body 
above dull ashy-brown, with reddish-white margins to the 
feathers ; upper tail-coverts dark ashy, the longest white; lesser 
wing-coverts dull brown, slightly edged rufous ; middle-coverts 
ashy-bluish, tipped white ; primaries ashy-grey, black at the tip ; 
secondaries black ; tail ashy ; the feathers edged and broadly tipped 
with white ; plumage beneath brownish on the breast and flanks, 
passing into whitish-grey with spots and wide cross bands of black 
on the lower part of the breast, the upper abdomen and flanks ; 
lower abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white. 
Within our limits the White-fronted Goose is a comparatively 
rare cold weather visitant to Sind alone. 
Anser indicus, Lath. 
949.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 782; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 285; Game Birds of India, Vol, IIT, 
Molle 
THE BARRED-HEADED GOOSE. 
Length, 27-25 to 33:5 ; expanse, 56 to 66; wing, 16 to 19; tail, 
5 to 7; bill from gape, 1'8 to 2:3; weight, 4 to 6}4 lbs, 
