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ANSEKES. 



228. ANSER NIGRICANS. 

 (PACIFIC BREXT GOOSE.) 



Anse7- nigricans, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Xew York, 1846, p. 171. 



The Pacific Brent Goose only differs from the typical or dark- 

 hellied race of the European Brent Goose in having the white cres- 

 centic markings on each side of the neck meeting in front, and in 

 having the line of demarcation between the black breast and the 

 dark beUy rather more obscure. 



Figures : Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. 

 p. 472 (woodcuts). 



The Pacific Brent Goose is a winter visitor to the Japanese coasts 

 (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 212). Mr. Heiisou has sent skins 

 from Hakodadi ; there are three examples in the Pryer collection 

 from Tokio Bay, and Mr. Ringer has procured it near Nagasaki 

 (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 32). 



It is not known that the Pacific Brent Goose breeds in the Old 

 World, but on the American continent it is a summer visitor to 

 Alaska and Arctic Xorth America as far east as Franklin Bay. 



229. DENDROCYGNA JAVANICA. 



(IXDIAN WHISTLING TEAL.) 

 Alias javanica, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1821, p. 199. 



The Indian Whistling Teal has a brown crown, with no stripe 

 down the hind neck. The underparts vary from buff to chestnut, 

 but are unstriated. 



Figures : Hume and Marshall, Game Birds of India, Burmah, and 

 Ceylon, iii. pi. 15. 



There are three examples of the Indian Whistling Teal in the 

 Pryer collection from the central group of the Loo-Choo Islands, 

 and an example was obtained by Mr. Xishi on one of the most 

 southerly group of the same chain (Stejneger, Proc. United States 

 Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 397). 



It is a ti'opical species, breeding in India, Ceylon, the Burma 

 Peninsula, Java, and in the Xicobar and the Andaman Islands. 



The occurrence of this species in' the Loo-Choo Islands is very 

 remarkable. An allied form with a spotted breast, Dendrocygna 

 vagans, occurs in the Philippine Islands, Celebes, Timor, and Xorth 

 Australia ; but the genus appears to be unrepresented in China. 



