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ANSEE SEGETUM. 



(BEAN-GOOSE.) 



Anser sylvestris, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 265 (1760). 



Anas segetum, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 512 (1788). 



Anser segetum (Gm.), Meyer, Taschenb. deutsch. Vogelk. ii. p. 554 (1810). 



Anser rufescens, C. L. Brehm, Beitr. zur Vogelk. iii. p. 871 (1822). 



Anser fer us, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 126 (1828, nee Steph.). 



Anser platyur us, C. L. Brehin, Vog. Deutschl. p. 837 (1831). 



Anser arvensis, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 839 (1831). 



Anser sylvestris, Degland, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 294 (1849). 



Anas paludosus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. iii. p. 124, pi. 4. fig. 1 (1859). 



Anser segetum, var. serrirostris, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 417. 



Oie vulgaire, French ; Oca granajola, Italian ; Vizza salvaggia, Maltese ; Saatgans, Ackergans, 

 Feldgans, German ; Eietgans, Dutch ; Scedgaas, Ruggaas, Danish ; Graagaas, Scedgaas, 

 Norwegian ; Sddgds, Swedish ; Metsdhanhi, Finnish ; GumenniJc, NemocTc, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



DA/ubenton, PL Enl. 985 ; Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, pi. 30 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 45 ; 

 Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 155 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 45. fig. 4 ; Naumann, Vog. 

 Deutschl. taf. 286, 287; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 56. fig. 4; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 348; id. B. of G. Brit. v. pi. 2; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pis. 276, 277; Eoux, Orn. 

 Prov. pi. 360. 



Ad. capite et collo saturate fuscis, illo saturatiore, hoc magis rufescente, fronte vix albo notata : corpore supra 

 saturate fusco, plumis albido marginatis : tectricibus alarum saturate schistaceo-cinereis, intimis fuscis 

 cinereo tinctis albo ruarginatis : remigibus saturate fuscis, extiis griseo schistaceo lavatis : supracau- 

 dalibus albis, cauda, fusca, albo apicata. : corpore subtiis fusco-albido, hypochondriorum plumis fuscis 

 albo marginatis : rostro ad basin et apicem nigro, fascia ante nares aurantiaca : pedibus aurantiacis : 

 iride fusca. 



Juv. corpore suprk pallidiore, capite et collo magis rufescenti-ochraceis. 



Adult (Fahlkoping, 25th March). Head and neck dark brown, the head rather darker, the neck lighter 

 and rather more rufous, forehead marked with a narrow patch of white ; upper parts dark brown, most 

 of the feathers margined with dirty white; wing-coverts dull dark blackish grey, the inner ones 

 brownish margined with white; quills dark brown, washed externally with slaty grey; upper tail- 

 coverts white ; tail dark brown, tipped with white ; underparts dirty white, the breast tinged with pale 

 brown ; flanks dark brown, the feathers tipped with white ; bill blackish, crossed by a broad orange- 

 yellow band ; nail black ; legs orange-yellow. Total length about 32 inches, culmen 2 - 35, wing 16 - 9, 

 tail 5'7, tarsus 2 - 8. 



