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and Hardoi. It does not come near the city, as a rule ; but 

 Major Newnham, the Cantonment Magistrate of Lucknow, 

 has seen some individuals on a jheel near the Jellalabad Fort. 

 Years ago a tame Flamingo used to frequent the compound 

 of the Museum. 



No. 1579. Anser ferus. Grey Lug-Goose. 



Hans, Raj-Hans, Sawen [H.]. 



Occurs in large numbers during the cold weather. In the 

 daytime the birds keep chiefly to the middle of the big 

 jheels, and rarely allow anyone to approach within a couple 

 of hundred yards. 



[I forwarded two skins, labelled by Reid Anser brachy- 

 rhynchus, to Mr. Eugene Oates, who has kindly examined 

 them for me. They are nothing more than Anser ferus, and, 

 as Mr. Oates says, how they came to be wrongly identified 

 is a mystery.] 



-f-No. 1580. Anser albifrons. White-fronted Goose. 

 Two locally procured specimens are in the Museum. 



No. 1581. Anser erythropus. Lesser White- fronted 

 Goose. 



I have never come across this Goose myself, but Reid shot 

 some eight or nine examples on the Ajgaen jheels, which he 

 believed to belong to this species. Dr. Bonavia got a specimen 

 — now, I fancy, in the Hume collection, — and Irby mentions 

 the bird. 



No. 1583. Anser indicus. Barred-headed Goose. 



Hans, Kareyi-Hans, Sawen [H.]. 



Very common in some places, but I think that strictly 

 within the Lucknow Division the Grey Lag-Goose is the 

 more numerous — at least that is my experience. 



No. 1584. Sarcidiornis miuanonotus. Comb-Duck. 



Nukta [H.]. 



Common on the large grassy jheels. It is not a wary 

 bird, and is comparatively easy to shoot. It breeds in the 

 Division. 



