CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Key to Genera, Species, and Sub-species 



Genus Chen, Boie (1822) 



Snow-Goose {Chen hyperboreus, Pallas) . 



Greater Snow-Goose {Chen nivalis, Forster) 



Genus Philacte, Bannister (1870) . 



Emperor-Goose {Philacte canagica, Sevastianov) 



Genus Anser, Brisson (1760) 



Grey- Lag Goose {Anser anser, Linn.) . 



White-fronted Goose {Anser albifrons, Scopoli) 



Lesser White-fronted Goose {Anser finmarchicus, Gunner) 



Genus Melanonyx, Buturlin (1901) 



SUSHKIN'S GOOSE {Melanonyx neglectus, Sushkin) 



PlNK-FOOTED GOOSE {Melanonyx brachyrhynchus, Baillon) 



Yellow-billed Bean-Goose {Melanonyx arvensis, Brehm) 



MlDDENDORFF's Goose {Melanonyx arvensis sibiricus, Alpberaky) 



Bean-Goose {Melanonyx segetiun, Gmelin) 



" NOVAIA ZEMLIA BEAN-GOOSE " {Melanonyx carneirostris, Buturlin) 



Eastern Bean-Goose {Melanonyx segetum serrirostris, Swinhoe) 



Thick-billed Goose {Melanonyx mentalis, Oates) 



Genus Eulabeia, Reichenbach (1852) 



Bar-headed Goose {Eulabeia indica, Latham) . 



Genus Rufibrenta, Bonaparte (1856) 



Red-breasted Goose {Rufibrenta ruftcollis, Pallas) 



Genus Brant a, Scopoli (1769) 



Brent GOOSE {Branta bemicla, Linn.) . 



Light-bellied Brent {Branta bemicla glaucogaster, Brehm) 



BLACK Brant {Branta bemicla nigricans, Lawrence) 



Genus Leucoblepharon, Baird (1858) 



HUTCHINS'S GOOSE {Leucoblepharon hutchinsi, Richardson) 



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