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ANSERES. 



223. ANSER SEGETUH. 

 (BEAN-GOOSE.) 



Anser segetum, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 512 (1788). 



The Bean-Goose has yellow legs, and an orange bill with a dark 

 base and a dark nail. 



Figures: Dresser, Birds of Europe, vi. pi. 412 (typical form). 



The Eastern race qf the Bean-Goose is a common ■winter visitor to 

 the Japanese Islands. There is an example in the Swinhoe collec- 

 tion procured by Captain Blakiston at Hakodadi in October (Swin- 

 hoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 456), and there is another in the Pryer collection 

 from Tokio Bay. The former of these appears to be the first recorded 

 from Japan, unless we admit that the Anser vulgaris of Pallas (Zoogr. 

 Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 223), of which the Kurile Island and Japanese 

 local names are quoted, refers to this species. 



The Eastern form of the Bean-Goose completely intergrades with 

 the Western form, and is consequently regarded as only subspeci- 

 fically distinct from it. The range of the species extends from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. 



The Eastern form of the Bean-Goose is especially remarkable for 

 its large size, and for the browner (not so grey) colour of its head. 

 Examples from Japan measure from the frontal feathers to the tip 

 of the beak 2"5, 2'7, and 2'9 inches. Western examples vary in this 

 respect from V7 to 2"5 inches, and Eastern examples from 2"4 to 

 3 '4 inches. 



The Eastern form is known as Anser segetum serrirostris (Swinhoe, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 417). 



ANSEK BRACHYRHYNCHUS. 



(PINK-rOOTBD GOOSE.) 



Anser brachyrhynchus, Baillon, M6m. Soc. roy. d'6m. d'Abbeville, 1833, p. 74. 



The Pink-footed Goose very closely resembles the Bean-Goose, but the yellow 

 on the hill and feet is replaced hy pink. 



' Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vi. pi. 413. 



• The Pink -footed Goose was admitted to the Japanese fauna on the authority of 

 a^female ohtained in October at Hakodadi by Captain Blakiston (Swinhoe, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 456). Unfortunately this exarpple cannot be found in the Swinhoe coK 

 lection, and some doubt attaches to the correctness of the identification. 



