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Anser erythropus, LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



Anas erytliropus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 123 : 

 Sweden. 



Anser albifrons (Scop.) ; B. O. T7. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 116 (part.); 



Salvadori, Gat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 92 (part.)- 

 Anser erythropus (Linn.} ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 400. 

 Erythropus=pwk or red-footed; from epu0/ads=red, and 7rovs=foot. 



Distribution in tlie British Islands. A Bare Visitor. An 

 example was shot at Holy Island, Northumberland, Sept. 

 1886. One is said to have been shot on the Wash, Norfolk, 

 Jan. 1900. Specimens are also recorded as having been 

 killed near York and in the Humber district, and possibly 

 on the Solway, but their histories are rather uncertain. 



General Distribution. In north Europe the Lesser White- 

 fronted Goose breeds in Lapland, the Kanin Peninsula, and 

 Novaya Zemlya ; also in Asia on the tundra of northern 

 Siberia from the Yenesei eastwards to Kamchatka. In winter 

 it is found sparingly or rarely over western and southern 

 Europe, but often occurs in considerable numbers in the 

 north and east. Vast flocks have been observed on the 

 Sea of Azov ; it is numerous on the Caspian sea and visits 

 north Egypt. Eastwards it is met with in Persia, India, 

 south China, and Japan. It is very common on Lake Baikal 

 and other parts of northern Asia. 



Anser brachyrhynchus. PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Anser brachyrhynclius Baillon, Mem. de la Soc. Roy. 

 d'Em. d'Abbev. for 1833, 1834, p. 74 : France. 



Anser brachyrhynchus Baill ; B. O. V. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 116; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 103 ; Satinders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 403. 



Brachyrhynchus = short beaked ; from fipaxvs and puyx os - 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor. 

 Most numerous on the east coast of Great Britain and less 

 common on the south and west. It has been observed on 

 Fair Isle, Shetlands, Oct. 1909, but is rare in the Orkneys 



