91 



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bars of black ; back brown, with each feather margined with lighter ; quills dark hoary brown ; 



vent, abdomen, and upper tail coverts white ; tail grey brown tipped with white ; the two outer 

 tail feathers entirely white ; a white patch on each side the base of the bill. 



Anser Eri/tJirojjus Flem. Brit. An. 1"27. 



Anas Linn. Syst. 1. 197. 



Anser albifrons Steph. Sh. Zoo!. 12. 25. 



Laughing Goose Edw. Gle. pi. 158. 



White-fronted Goose Perm. Brit. ZooJ. 2. 575. ^ 



Perm. Arc/. Zoof. 2. 476. \ 



Lath. Syn. 6. 463. v 



L'Oie rieuse Buff. Ois. 9. 81. 



A regular winter resident in the British islands, and is found in the northern portion of the 

 continents of Europe, Asia, and America. Specimens are in our collection, received from the 

 Himalayan range and from within the arctic circle. Dr. Richardson, in the " Fauna Boreali 

 Americana," informs us that its breeding places are in the woody districts skirting the Mackenzie, 

 to the north of 67 parallel. 



ANSER SEGETUM. 



Ans. — Cinereus ; rostro nigro. fascia flava ad apicem. 



BEAN GOOSE. 

 Cinereous goose ; the bill black, with a yellow fascia towards the tip. 



IN. IN. 



Length 30 Tarsi . . , 3| 



Head and neck, back, wings, tail, breast, abdomen, and flank, grey brown, each feather edged 

 with lighter, and sometimes with white; vent, under tail coverts, and rump white; bill black with 

 a band of yellow, in some specimens strongly tinged with pink, surrounding both mandibles near 

 the extremity. 



. inter tegetum Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 27. 



Anas tegetum , , , , Gmel. Syst. l . 5 1 2. 



Lath Tnd. Orn. 2. 843 



