ANSERINE. 395 



Legs and feet vary in color, similar to the bill. 



Head and neck clove-brown, tinged with grey, the forehead 

 whitish ; back, scapulars, greater and middle wing-coverts, clove- 

 brown, the feathers broadly edged with greyish-white ; lower back 

 and upper tail-coverts bluish-ashy ; lesser wing-coverts and base of 

 the primaries bluish-grey ; primaries black, shaded with grey, with 

 the shafts white ; secondaries black, edged with white ; rump and 

 sides of the upper tail- coverts white ; tail brown, edged with 

 white, the outermost one almost wholly white ; breast and upper 

 belly greyish white, undulated with bars of a deeper tint ; lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white. 



The Grey or Lag Goose of England is very common in Sind, 

 occurring in all the larger lakes, and on the river ; it is far from 

 being uncommon in Guzerat, Central India and Raj pu tana ; it 

 does not occur in the Deccan. 



It is a cold weather visitant only. It is very variable in plu- 

 mage, scarcely two birds being found alike. 



Anser albifrons, Scop. 



947. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 780 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 284 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. Ill, 

 p. 73. 



THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



Length, 26 to 28 ; expanse, 52 to 56 ; wing, 15 to 1575 ; tail, 

 5-2 to 6 ; tarsus, 2'45 to 275 ; bill from gape, T87 to 2 ; weight, 

 4V ff to5 T % Ibs. ^ 



Bill pale livid-fleshy ; nail whitish or pale yellowish -white ; 

 irides pale brown ; legs and feet bright orange. 



Head and neck brownish, shaded with reddish ; forehead and 

 part of the cheeks white, surrounded by a dark brown band ; body 

 above dull ashy-brown, with reddish-white margins to the 

 feathers ; upper tail-coverts dark ashy, the longest white ; lesser 

 wing-coverts dull brown, slightly edged rufous ; middle -co verts 

 ashy-bluish, tipped white ; primaries ashy-grey, black at the tip ; 

 secondaries black ; tail ashy ; the feathers edged and broadly tipped 

 with white ; plumage beneath brownish on the breast and flanks, 

 passing into whitish-grey with spots and wide cross bands of black 

 on the lower part of the breast, the upper abdomen and flanks ; 

 lower abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white. 



Within our limits the White -fronted Goose is a comparatively 

 rare cold weather visitant to Sind alone. 



Anssiuudieus, Lath. U 



949.Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 782 ; Murray's Verte- ^ 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 285 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. Ill, 

 p. 81. 



THE BARRED-HEADED GOOSE. 

 Length, 27*25 to 33'5 ; expanse, 56 to 66 ; wing, 16 to 19 ; tail, 



5 to 7 ; bill from gape, T8 to 2'3 ; weight, 4 to 6-K Ibs, 



