SUBFAM. II. AwnsEeRANATINAE 
GENUS ANMSERANAS. 
Only one species of this Sub-family and Genus exists, 
of which the principal characteristics are stated by Dr. Sclater 
to be as follows: hind toe free; the feet half-webbed; the 
neck of moderate length. 
BLACK-AND-WHITE OR SEMI-PALMATED GOOSE. 
(Anseranas melanoleuca). 
The Zoological Gardens of London possess several 
specimens of this bird, the first having been acquired in 1855. 
It is of interest to naturalists on account of the extraordinary 
conformation of the ‘vachea which is about 4% feet in length 
in adult specimens, and is also peculiarly situated, being folded 
several times outside the pectoral muscles under the skin. 
An interesting description with an illustration of the wind 
pipe, may be found in Latham’s “General History of Birds ;” 
and the bird is also described and figured by Gould in his 
“ Birds of Australia,” vol. vii. 
The Semi-palmated Goose is an inhabitant of Australia, 
where it frequents the swampy districts of the eastern and 
southern coasts, being at one time very abundant in New South 
Wales. In size it resembles the Common Goose, but differs 
from the domestic bird in its stately walk, and more handsome 
appearance, standing high on its legs, and exhibiting white and 
black in its plumage. The breeding season would appear to 
be from September to November, as in a letter of Dr. E. P. 
Ramsay to the Zoological Society (1877), he states that young 
