APPENDIX I. 
SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF THE INDIAN ANATID&. 
THE DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS given in this table apply to the 
species as a whole, irrespective of age, sex or season. 
FAMILY CHARACTER. 
Ducks in the wide sense are web-footed water-fowl with a 
straight beak armed with teeth or ridges along the edges of 
both chaps. 
SUB-FAMILY I.—Swans (p. 8). 
Size larger than tame Goose, neck exceedingly long, face bare. 
Bare face pale— 
Whooper (p. 11). 
Bare face dark— 
Mute Swan (p. 9). 
SUB-FAMILY I].—GEESE (p. 14). 
Size smaller than tame Goose, usually bigger than tame Duck 
nostrils central ; plumage grey or brown, pale-barred. 
Bill well over two inches ; feet flesh-colour— 
Gray Goose (p. 17). 
Bill under two inches, black at root— 
Pink-footed Goose (p. 19). 
Bill two inches, feet orange— 
White-fronted Goose (p. 20). 
Bill well under two inches, feet orange, size hardly bigger 
than tame Duck— 
Dwarf Goose (p. 21). 
Plumage pale clear grey, with orange black-tipped bill— 
Bar-headed Goose (p. 23). 
Plumage very dark with white markings and red or buff 
breast— 
Red-breasted Goose (p. 24). 
