108 LITTLE WBITE-FRONTEB GOOSE. 



than tlie Anas anser, (Grey Lag,) but about the size of the Eidei- 

 Duck, f A. mollisshna.J The beak is, however, shorter than in either 

 of these. Nay, the beak of the Grey Lag is twice as large and long. 

 The forehead is white, from whence also a white band descends, 

 reaching to the bend of the upper mandible on both sides. Head and 

 neck fuscous, with a blacker vertex. The temples are black; but the 

 cheeks and inner part of the throat are sometimes of a paler colour. 

 The beak is yellow and the feet are red. There can scarcely be a 

 doubt that this A. Jinmarchicus mihi, which has just been described, 

 is the Anas erythropus ' cinerea fronte-alha^ Fauna Suecica, 116, and 

 Anas helsingegaas of Clausius, in Exot., 368. 



"In 'Ornith. Briinnichii,' p. 13, No. 54, there is a variety of Wild 

 Goose from Cimbria, with a forehead all white, and the abdomen spotted 

 with black, which variety is the Trappe-gaas, or Laughing Goose of 

 authors. Our A. Jinmarchicus or A. erythropus might easily be con- 

 founded with the variety of Brunnich did the size permit." — From 

 pages 264-65 of '^Canuti Leemii Professoris Linguse Lapponica, de 

 Lapponibus Finmarchite," etc., commentatio, etc.: una cum J. E. Gun- 

 neri, Episcopi Diocees, Nidors, (Throndjem,) and S S. Theologise 

 Doctoris Notis, etc. Copenhagen, 1767, 4to. 



As therefore neither Anser leucopsis nor A. albifrons occur in Lap- 

 land, nor in the district mentioned by Linnaeus, the fact seems fully 

 established that A. erythrojms is the subject of the present notice, as 

 made out by Mr. Newton. In a private letter to me M. De Selys- 

 Longchamps expresses the same opinion. 



The Little White-fronted Goose inhabits Lapland, Sweden, Norway, 

 and Finland, and has been captured in Hungary, Germany, Holland, 

 and Belgium, according to M. Dubois, (Ois. de la Belgique, No. 139,) 

 who records an instance of its capture near Brussels in 1858. It also 

 occurs in Greece. Count Miihle says, "I have often found this pretty 

 little Goose in Greece. In size it scarcely exceeds the Common Duck. 

 I believe that it breeds in Greece, since I have for many years shot 

 the old female in the month of June, when all foreign Ducks and 

 Geese have long disappeared. They remain constantly in the swamps, 

 which are thickly overgrown with reeds and rushes, and were with 

 trouble hunted out (probably from the nest) by dogs." 



Lindermayer says that neither he nor Erhardt were fortunate 

 enough to procure specimens in Greece, but admits that it is often 

 seen in the markets at Athens, which places its occurrence in Greece 

 beyond all doubt. 



Though its general appearance is very similar to that of the 

 White-fronted or Laughing Goose, the subject of the present notice is 



