JOURNAL 



OP THE 



B O 1&. B -A."Y" 



lateral M%tm% ^tuty. 



Vol. XI. BOMBAY. No. 3. 



INDIAN DUCKS AND THEIR ALLIES. 

 By E. C. Stuart Baker, F.Z.S. 



Pabt III, with Plate III. 



{Continued from page 198 of this Vol.) 



Sub-Family Anserine. 



This Sub-Family contains six genera, but of these the only one 

 represented in India is the familiar Anser ; we need not therefore trouble 

 about the key to the genera. The distinctive features of the Sub- 

 Family are; — hind toe not lobed and moderate in length, as is the neck, 

 the feet are palmated } and there is no cere. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tomia distinctly arched, with indentations of upper mandibl© 

 quite apparent. 



a 1 Nail of bill white. 



a" Rump french-grey, no white on fore- 

 head ... ...A. RUBRIROSTRrS. 



b" Rump dark greyish-brown, white on 



forehead. 

 a"' White on the forehead, not reaching a 



line between the eyes ... ...A. albifrons, 



&"' White on the forehead, reaching a line 



between the eyes .,. ...A. erythropus. 



