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116 ANATID^E. 



Anser brachyrhynchus. PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Anser brachyrhynchus,, Baillon, Mem. de la Soc. 

 Roy. d'Em. d'Abbev. 1833, p. 74. 



Anser brachyrhynchus, Macg. iv. p. 602 ; Hewitson, p. 386 ; 



Gray, p. 187; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 153; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 158 ; Gouldj v. pi. 3 ; Harting, p. 60 ; Dresser, vi. 



p. 369. 

 The Pink-footed Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 64. 



Brachyrhynchus = short-beaked ; from /3pa%us + pvyx os - 



An ordinary winter visitant to Scotland and the northern 

 and eastern coasts of England ; rare or overlooked elsewhere. 

 It probably inhabits the northern portion of the Palsearctic 

 Region in summer, migrating in winter to India; but its 

 range is at present ill- denned. 



Anser albifrons. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



Branta albifrons, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 69. 



no. 87 (1769). 



Anser albifrons, Naum. xi. p. 351 ; Macg. iv. p. 609 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 387 ; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 157 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 162 ; 

 Gould, v. pi. 4; Harting, p. 60; Dresser, vi. p. 375. 

 Anser intermedius, Naum. xi. p. 340. 

 Anser erythropus, Gray, p. 187. 

 The White-fronted Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 68. 



Albifrons with a white forehead ; from albus -\- frons. 



A winter visitor to Scotland, Ireland, and the northern 

 and eastern coasts of England. It inhabits the Northern 

 Palsearctic Region, wintering in India and Egypt. 



[Anser indicus. BAR-HEADED GOOSE. 

 Anas indie a, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 839 (1790). 

 Anser indicus, Gray, p. 188. 



Indicus = Indian, from its native country. 

 One was reported from the shore of the Dee below Chester 



