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the Mediterranean. It is common in Russia, and is found 

 also in Western Asia. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. The general shade of 

 the plumage is greyish-brown, but darker than that of the 

 other ' Grey ' Geese ; the black patches are absent from the 

 breast and abdomen, and the greyish-blue from the wings, 

 so that the Bean Goose is a sombre-coloured bird. A few 

 small white feathers are scattered round the base of the beak. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar in plumage to the male. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the nuptial 

 plumage. 



Immature, male and female. Darker in colour than the 

 adult (except the neck which is tawny) and with less distinct 

 markings. 



BEAK. Black at the base and tip ; dark yellow in the 

 centre. 



FEET. Pinkish-yellow. 



IRIDES. Dark brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH ... ... 34 in. Female smaller. 



WING 19 



BEAK 2*4 



TARSO-METATARSUS ... 2-6 ,, 



EGG ... 3'2 > 



Allied Species and Representative Forms. A. serrirostris, 

 with a yellowish-brown shade in the head and neck, and 

 of a larger size, is the Eastern representative. 



Note. The Bean-Goose is as long in the body as the 

 Grey Lag, but is of a more slender build and lighter in 

 weight. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. Anser brachyrhynchus (Baillon). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, * Birds of Great Britain,' vol. v, pi. 3 ; 

 Dresser, 'Birds of Europe/ vol. vi, pi. 413; Lilford, 

 ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vii, pi. 23 ; Alpheraky, ' Geese 

 of Europe and Asia,' pi. 8. 



As a winter-visitor to our shores the Pink-footed Goose 

 has a rather remarkable distribution. It far exceeds the 

 Bean-Goose in numbers on the east coast of England, being 



