216 ANATHXE. 



quivir below Seville, where in some winters they occasionally 

 occur. 



Adults. White ; bill, basal part to below nostrils yellow, the rest black. 

 Young. Greyish brown ; bill flesh-colour. Length 60 inches. 



[Cygnus olor, J. F. Gmelin. The Mute Swan. 



Favier says : " This Swan is tolerably numerous, and seen flying over 

 near Tangier in small flights, rarely remaining in the vicinity ; but they 

 did stay in 1845 and 1849. They pass south in Decemb3r, returning in 

 April" 



Most probably the above refers to the Whooper, which Favier does not 

 mention; as it is unlikely that the Mute Swan would occur, I have omitted . 

 to number the species in my list. 



Adults. White ; bill yellow, with black tubercle above nostrils. 

 Young. Greyish brown ; bill lead-coloured. Length 60 inches.] 



Subfamily ANSERINE. 



230. Anser cinereus, Meyer. The Grey-lag Goose. 



/ 

 Moorish. Wiz. Spanish. Ganso, Anser. 



The above names equally apply to A. segetum. 



Favier's notes are the same for both this and the following 

 species, viz. : " This Goose, which the Arabs confound with 

 Anser segetum, is as numerous as that bird near Tangier, arriving 

 during November and December. They retire north in March, 

 seldom making any stay near Tangier ; they pass on to the large 

 lakes and rivers." 



On the Spanish side of the Straits the Grey-lag Goose is 

 found in some winters at the Laguna de la Janda and in the 

 various lagoons of the marisma of the Guadalquivir in enormous 

 numbers. They generally arrive at the former place about the 20th 

 of November, the earliest that I noticed in two consecutive years 

 being on the 8th of November and the 25th of October. 

 Commencing their departure about the 14th of February, they 

 are all gone by the first week in March ; Major Verner saw 



