﻿16 ANATID.E. 



its head and neck arc rufous-brown ; the upper part of the 

 breast is reddish fawn-colour ; the entire mantle ash-colour, 

 and each of the feathers of that part tipped with soiled 

 white ; the legs and feet are flesh-colour, tinged with ver- 

 milion ; the lower part of the back greyish black, the upper 

 tail-coverts white ; the feathers of the tail are grey, bordered 

 and tipped with white ; primary quill-feathers ash-colour, 

 the shafts white ; the secondary and tertials are dusky-grey, 

 edged with white ; the sides and flanks barred with brown 

 and greyish-white ; the rest of the under parts pure white. 

 The beak has the basal half and nail bluish black, the 

 intervening space vermilion ; iris dusky. 



The egg figured 228 is that of the Pink Legged Bean 

 Goose. 



