116 ANATIDiE. 



Anser brachyrhynchus. Pink-footed Goose. 



Anser brachyrhynchus, Baillon, Mem. de la Soc. 

 Eoy. d'Em. d'Abbev. 1833, p. 74. 



Anser brachyrhynchtis, Macg. iv. p. 602 ; Hewitson, p. 386 ; 



Gray, p. 187 ; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 153 ; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 158 ; Gould, v. pi. 3 ; Harting, p. 60 ; Dresser, vi. 



p. 369. 

 The Pink-footed Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 64. 



JBrachyrhynchus = short-beaked ; from fipaxiis + pvyxos. 



An ordinary winter visitant to Scotland and the northern 

 and eastern coasts of England ; rare or overlooked elsewhere. 

 It probably inhabits the northern portion of the Paleearctic 

 Region in summer, migrating in winter to India; but its 

 range is at present ill-defined. 



Anser albl&ons. White-feonted Goose. 



Branta albifrons, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 69. 

 no. 87 (1769). 

 Anser albifrons, Naum. xi. p. 351 ; Macg. iv. p. 609; Heivit- 

 son, p. 387 ; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 157 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 162 ; 

 Gould, V. pi. 4; Harting, p. 60; Dresser, vi. p. 375. 

 Anser intermedins, Naum. xi. p. .340. 

 Anser erythropus. Gray, p. 187. 

 The White-fronted Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 68. 



Albifrons = with a white forehead ; from alhi^ -\- frons. 



A winter visitor to Scotland, Ireland, and the northern 

 and eastern coasts of England. It inhabits the Northern 

 Palsearctic Region, wintering in India and Egypt. 



[Anser indicus. Bas-seaded Goose. 

 Anas indie a, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 839 (1790). 

 Anser indicus, Gray, p. 188. 



Indicus = Indian, from its natiye coiintry. 



One was reported from the shore of the Dee below Chester 



