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ANSER MELANOPTERUS. 



Anser. — Albus ; rectricibus majoribus, tertiis. et secondares, atris. 



BLACK AND WHITE GOOSE. 

 White goose ; with the greater quills, tertiaries, and secondaries, black. 



IN. IN. \ 



Length 28i Tarsi 3± v 



Bill l| Middletoe 3* 



White, with the greater quills and adjoining secondaries brown black, glossed with brassy ; 

 a few of the tertiary coverts with a longitudinal stripe of brown on the shaft ; head and neck 

 inclining to grey ; bill orange ; nail black ; legs orange. 



Anser melanopterus, nobis. 



Brought home by Capt. King, obtained from the lake of Titicaca, Chili. In the museum of 

 the Zoological Society, We observed also specimens in the British Museum, and in that of Lord 

 Derby, at Knowsley. 



ANSER FERUS. 



Ans. — Cinereus ; rostro aurantiaco. 



WILD GOOSE. 

 Cinereous goose ; with the bill orange. 



IN. IN. 



Length 34 Bill 2f 



Head, neck, back, and wing coverts, grey brown, the former rather the lightest ; all tin 

 feathers edged with light grey ; breast and belly dirty white, crossed by a stripe of grey; rump, 

 vent, and under tail coverts white ; bill deep orange, with the nail white ; legs, tarsi, and feet red. 



Anser ferns Slej,h. Sh. Zool. 12. 28. 



Anas ferns (line/. Syet. 1 . 5 1 ( >. 



Lath. Tnd. Orn. 2. 841. 

 Grey lag Goose Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 570. 



Venn. drct. Zool. 2. 173. 



Lath. Syn. 6. 459. 

 Oie cendree ou premiere Temm, Mian, Orn. 2. 818. 



