20 WATER FOWL OF INDIA AND ASIA. 
continent in water. It is rare in India, indeed, until 
recently the only Indian-killed specimen that had been 
preserved is one in the possession of Mr. Stuart Baker, 
which was obtained by a native collector in the south 
of Cachar. The occurrence of the bird had, however, 
been several times before recorded, and Mr. Hume 
had even got specimens, but these were lost. His 
birds, a pair, were shot in 1864, from a large flock of 
Grays among which their darker, browner colour and 
bright pink feet rendered them conspicuous. Spe- 
cimens have also been procured of late years in the 
Shan States. 
Sportsmen should, therefore, be on the look-out for 
this bird, and when found, make a note of it. It is 
found in pairs and small flocks, and appears to be very 
wild and wary. 
The White-fronted Goose. 
Anser albifrons, BLANFORD, Faun. Brit. Ind., 
Birds, Vol. IV, p: 417. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—None known. 
This Goose when adult is of a general dark brown 
colour, with a white band across the forehead, extending 
to the corners of the mouth and sometimes the chin ; 
the belly is more or less blotched with black, some- 
times very heavily, the legs are orange, and the bill 
fleshy or yellow, with no black on it. 
Young birds have no white on the head, or black on 
the belly. The bird is considerably smaller than the 
Gray Goose, being about twenty-seven inches long, with 
a wing of about fifteen; shank two and-a-half inches ; 
bill two. This Goose has the widest range of all our 
Indian species, occurring in Europe, Asia and North 
America; for though the American form is some- 
times distinguished as Ansery gambel1, it appears to 
