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Blyth first identified this species as 

 Indian from a drawing of a specimen 

 shot in the Punjab. Colonel Irby shot 

 this Goose near Lucknow. Then Mr. 

 Hume secured two Geese of this species 

 in the Jumna river. Colonel Graham 

 stated to him that this species was not 

 uncommon on the Bhramaputra river in 

 Assam. Again, Major-General J. H. 

 McLeod informs us that he shot one of 

 these Geese out of a flock of about twenty 

 on the Kunawany/z/7, near Gurdaspur in the 

 Punjab. Lastly, there are two specimens, 

 identified with this Goose, in the Lucknow 

 Museum, which are Indian-killed. 



Much doubt must be attached to the 

 identification of a Goose of this type by 

 Indian naturalists who do not have an 

 opportunity of comparing their Indian 

 specimens with others from Europe. Even 

 English authors have confounded the 

 Pink-footed Goose with allied species, 

 and one of our most recent writers, the 

 late Mr. Seebohm, says that this Goose 

 " is so nearly related to the Bean-Goose 

 that its specific distinction from that 

 bird is doubtful." Of course there is no 

 doubt in the minds of most persons, who 

 have studied the subject, that the Bean- 

 and Pink-footed Geese are quite distinct, 



