THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 



Anser albifrons, Scopoli 

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English — White-fronted Goose ; Laughing Goose ; Tortoise-shell Goose ; Barred Goose. 



In North America: Harlequin Brant \ Pied Brant ; Prairie Brant \ 



Speckled Belly, Speckled Brant : ; 5ш/. In California: Yellow-legged Goose ; 



Gr^y Brant. 

 Russian — Kazdrka and kozdrka ; belolobaya kazdrka (and kozdrka) ; beloloby gus (book 



name) ; kazard and kozard (collective) ; dikaya guska ; gusarka (Kharkov gov., 



/£5/<? Somov) ; pleshan (Turukhansk) ; pleshivka and lysushka (Perm, gov.) ; 



garkdvy gus (teste Pallas, in Little Russia); kargdrka (on Dnestr., ace. Brauner 1 ); 



^ж? kazanok ? (Artsybashev). 

 Yakut — Lynglyuga or Lynglyya (on Boganida, Lena, and Vilyui). 

 Samoyed — 5^r ^гй/г (on Kolguev, /&«fe Trevor-Battye) ; Syatyko and dyontengya (on 



Taimyr). 

 Kirgiz and Bashkir — Kara-kaz. 

 Vogul — Lyak? 



French — Oz<? rieuse ; Oy<? rieuse (Buffon) ; Oie a front blanc. 

 German — Blassgans ; Mittlere Blassengans ; Weisstirnige Gans ; Lachgans ; Lachende 



Gans ; Polnische Gans ; Helsinggans ; Wilde Nordgans ; Seegans ; Trappgans ; 



7Vi?/<?. — Since, after a full consideration of the question whether the eastern form of white-fronted goose is distinguishable from the 

 western, I have come to the conclusion that it is not, I unite them under one name — Anser albifrons. 



Below, after describing the different ages of these geese, I give the distinctive characters on which was founded the variety Anser 

 gambeli, which I at any rate do not recognise. I accordingly cite the literature and synonyms, referring to these two forms, together. 



Branta albifrons, Scopoli, Ann. I., Hist. Nat, p. 69 (1769). 



Anser casarka, Gmelin, Reis., ii. p. 177, pi. 13 (1774); Gmelin, Putesh., ii. p. 144. 



Anas albifrons, Latham, Gen. Suppl, i. p. 297 (1787). 



Anas septentrionalis sylvestris, Brisson, Orn., vi. p. 269 (1760). 



Anas albicans (errore), Gmelin, Syst. Nat, ii. p. 516, No. 76 (1788); Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb., ii. p. 454> 



No. 38 (1803). 

 Anas erythropus, Wahlberg, Schrift Bed. Ges. Naturf. Fr., viii. pp. 75-91 (1788); Linn., Syst. Nat, i. p. 197 



(partim) (1776). 

 Anas albifrons, Bonnaterre, Encyclop. Method., i. p. 114 (1790); Bechstein, Gemein. Naturg. Deutschl., 2nd ed., 



iv. p. 898 (1809); Menetries, Cat Rais., p. 56 (1832); Naumann, Vog. Deutschl., xi. p. 35Ь P 1 - 28 9 



1 Evidently some of these names are given to the lesser white-front, where they are not distinguished. 



2 The other native names quoted by Pallas for his A. erythropus I refer to the lesser white-front, under which head the reader will 

 find them. 



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