ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 83 
tember, 1886, on the coast of Northumberland, being the first 
recorded visit of this variety to our Islands. It was a young 
female in its first plumage, and without the white forehead. 
The Zoological Society of London appear to have only acquired 
four specimens since May, 1852, and I do not find any record 
of it having bred in the Gardens. Mr. Jamrach imported seven 
pairs between rgor and 1902, which found ready purchasers at 
420 the couple. 
Male.—Head and neck reddish-brown; top of head, 
part of face, and throat white; wings bluish-gray; tail dark 
grey, with a white tip; bill whitish-orange, with black tip; legs 
and feet red. 
Female.—Resembles the male but smaller. 
Young.—Black and white plumage absent; forehead 
brown ; legs yellow ; bill greenish-brown. 
Egg.—Cream colour; one end pointed; five to six 
in number. April—June. 
BAR-HEADED GOOSE, 
(Anser Indicus). 
As its name implies, this goose is distinguished by three 
broad bands of black upon the back of the white head, the 
lower bar melting into a dark stripe extending down the back 
of the neck. The species is exclusively Indian, arriving in 
the northern parts of that country in the autumn in flocks of 
many hundreds, where it feeds upon the banks of the rivers, 
and takes toll of the rice and corn fields, breeding probably in 
the great lakes of the Himalayas. It is hardy but not a 
good breeder, a defect which will be overlooked on account 
of its ornamental appearance. The Zoological Society possesses 
