394 ANSERINE. 



Cygnus olor, Gm. 



94,4<ter. Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 282 ; Game 



Birds of India, Vol. Ill, p. 41. 



THE MUTE SWAN. 



Length, 60 ; expanse, 82 ; wing, 22'5 ; tail, 10 ; tarsus, 4 ; 

 bill from gape, 375. 



Bill reddish-orange, edges and tip black ; irides dark brown ; 

 legs and feet black ; callous tubercle at base of upper mandible 

 and cere black. 



Entire plumage white. 



The Mute Swan was obtained on the Munchur Lake during 

 an exceptionally severe winter by Mr. Watson in 1878. Dr. 

 Stoliczka records that he noticed several Swans on the Kunn of 

 Cutch, but at too great a distance for it to be possible to identify 

 them. The Mute Swan must be considered a very rare and 

 uncertain cold weather visitant to Sind. 



FAMILY, Anseridae. 



Bill moderate or short, narrower in front than behind, more or 

 less raised at the base ; legs rather long, set more forward on 

 the body than the ducks ; plumage of the sexes differing but 

 slightly. 



SUB-FAMILY, Anserinae. 



Bill short, high at the base, conical ; nail large, convex ; laminar 

 teeth more or less exposed, short ; nostrils median, large ; tarsus 

 thick, lengthened ; feet of moderate or rather small size ; wings 

 ample, moderately long, first and second quills longest ; tail short, 

 of 16 or 18 feathers; legs nearly central ; tibia feathered nearly 

 to the joint ; neck moderately long; trachea simple. 



GENUS, Anser, Brisson. 



Bill very high at the base, about the length of the head ; the 

 lamellae tooth-like, very apparent externally; nostrils a little 

 behind the middle ; toes moderately long ; claws short and curved ; 

 neck moderately long ; of large size and grey plumage, the bill 

 pale, and legs usually reddish. 



Anser cinereus, Mey. 



945. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 779 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 26 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of 

 Sind, p. 283 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. Ill, p. 55 ; Swinhoe 

 and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 136. 



THE GREY GOOSE. 



Length, 30 to 35 ; expanse, 58 to 68 ; wing, 1575 to 19'0 ; tail, 

 575 to 7-0; tarsus, 2 -5 to 3'2 ; weight, 5| to 8f| Ibs. 



Bill creamy-white to pale livid fleshy -pink or dingy livid pur- 

 plish-red ; nail sullied white ; irides brown. 



