ANSEE. 255 



291. Anser erythropus, The Dwarf White-fronted Goose. 



(J 22"; 4 lbs. Legs red. Bill orange, tip horny. Similar to A. albifrons, 

 but smaller, and white of forehead extending as far as the eye. Back and 

 scapulars dark grey, with cross bands. Primaries grey. Abdomen black, bor- 

 dered white. Flanks dark grey. Lapland and Siberia, migrating in winter south 

 from W. Europe through N. India to Japan. Eggs (2-9 x 2) white. (J. 948. 

 B. 1581.) 



Also A. gamheli. 29". Very similar to A. albifrons. Legs yellow. Bill white. Stripe 

 on forehead pale yellow. Northern America (except Greenland), migrating south as far as Cuba, 

 and along E. Asiatic coast to Japan. 



Tip of upper mandible black. 

 292. Anser brachyrhynclius. The Pink-footbd Goo^e. 

 Short-beaked, from ^paxis + (>i'YX'>s- 



(J 26" to 36" ; 6 lbs. ? 5 lbs. Legs pink. Bill pink, nail and base black. 

 Head and neck brown. Body brown, with white wavy lines. First and second 

 primaries bluish, others black. Breeding in Europe, migrating in winter to 

 W. Europe. Often reported as occurring in India, but no Indian specimen has 

 been preserved. Eggs (3-1 x 2-1) creamy white. (J. 946. B. 1582.) 



293. Anser segetum. The Bban-Goosb. 



Slgltuin= gen. pi. of s^es=a cornfield. 



(J 31". Legs orange-yellow. Bill black, with orange band, nail black, and 

 shaped like a horse-bean. Like the Grey-lag, but smaller. Colour nearly uniform. 

 Breeds in N. Eussia and Lapland, migrating to the Caspian, Europe, and N. Africa. 

 Eggs (3-2 X 2-1) creamy white. Rate of flight said to be twenty-five miles an 

 hour. Doubtful if it occurs in India. (H. & M. iii. 67.) 



Also A. serrirostris, like A. segetum, with the head brownish grey, but larger, and with 

 the bill much thicker ; and A. middendorffi, also like A. segetum, but larger, with head and 

 neck buff-brown, culmen 3-15". E. Siberia to China and Japan. 



294. Anser indicus. The Barrbd-hbadbd Goose. 



7nd&«s= Indian ; from its native country. 



Birooa, Raj-hans, N.P. W. ; Paria, Nepal ; Nang-pa, Ladak ; Dod-sarlehake, Mysore ; 

 Neer bathoo, Coimbatore ; Kangnai, Manipur ; Badi-hans, Chittagong. 



(J 27;^" to 33|^"; 4 to 7 lbs. Legs orange. Bill yellow, tip black, cutting 

 edges nearly straight and indentations only visible near front of bill. Two bars 

 on head and neck. Above ash-grey. Flanks cinnamon. Breeds in C. Asia. 

 Arrives in India towards end of October and leaves in March. (J. 949. 

 B. 1583.) See illustration, p. 256. 



Also the genus Oygnopsis. With bill longer than the head and flattened near tip. Serra- 

 tions on cutting edge visible from outside. One species — C cygnoides, 36", the Chinese Goose, 

 legs orange, bill black, rusty white band round base of bill. Above grey-brown, breast buff, 

 abdomen white, breeds in E. Siberia and winters in China, apparently resident in Japan. 



Also the genus Chen, Snow-Geese. Bill very stout. Serrations on cutting edges visible 

 from outside. Plumage white or bluish, with primaries blackish. Four species. 



0. ccerulescens. 30". The Blue-winged Goose. Legs red. Bill red. Commissural space 

 black. Head and upper neck white. Body grey-brown. Rump and wings grey. Tail ashy, 

 bordered white. N. America, east of Rocky Mountains. 



0. hyperboreus. 23" to 28". The Snow-Goose. Legs orange. Bill purplish, nail whitish. 

 Plumage white. Head often stained rusty. Wing-coverts grey. Breeding in Alaska and 

 migrating to Japan, S. California, and Mississippi valley. Five eggs (3-3 x 212), dirty white. 



