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surface. Flanks dark greyish brown with hardly a trace of paler " 

 edges. Feathers of tibiae greyish brown. Vent behind white. 



Adult in autumn dress (Strinden near Trondhjem October 

 1871). Bill from nostrils 23 mm, culmen 44, distance from upper 

 mandible to frontal angle 19, tarsus 57, middle toe with claw 

 58 + 11, wing 414 mm.^ 



Thus there is little or no difference in the dimensions, with 

 the exception of the bill, which in this adult is a trifle longer. 

 Tlie dress is distinguished by the number of light edgings, parti- 

 cularly conspicuous on the back, belly, and flanks. The head is 

 bordered by a faint white line running through the four angles of 

 the bill. Neck longitudinally furrowed. 



Anser alhifrons, Bechst. 



In his highly valuable paper on the Scandinavian Anscridce,^ 

 Prof. Malmgren maintains, that all statements, intending to vindi- 

 cate the above mentioned species as breeding in Scandinavia, must 

 be referred to the following, the true A. alhifrons occurring but 

 sparingly during migration time. 



Even in the earliest works on the avifauna of Finmark, a 

 white-fronted goose under the above name is recorded as breed- 

 ing in the inner parts of that district. It is, however, doubt- 

 less, that these statements — the greater part, at least — 

 relates to A. crythropus, and it is not yet stated with certainty, 

 that A. alhifrons is found in the summer or during the breeding 

 season in these districts. In Varanger, Mr. Nordvi has found and 

 prepared individuals as late as June (recorded in letters). 



It not rarely occurs in flocks or singly along the coast in the 

 south of the country during migration time or in winter. 

 Anser erythropus, Lin. 



The distribution of this species in Finmark is confined chiefly to 

 the interior, as it breeds but exceptionally on the sea-coast. Nordvi 

 has frequently obtained the small sized eggs of an Anser from 

 Tams0, in the Porsangerfjord, and believes them to be thoSe of 

 this species. At Karasjok, in West Finmark, it is very abundant, 



' Salsk. pro F. et Fl. Fenn. FOrh. 1869, p. 393. 



