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75. ANSER ALBIFRONS GAMBELI, Harti. 



Anser gambeli, Hartl. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 7; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 95 (1895). 

 {Anser albifrons gambeli of most authors.) 



Palmer shot a male of this Goose on December 18th, 1891, on the lake on Mr. Clark's estate 

 at Honokaohau, on the island of Hawaii. He says that he shot this bird by moonlight, and 

 that it was in company with another Goose of presumably the same species. The iris is 

 recorded as " dark hazel ; upper mandible grey at base, pink ridge, tip very light grey ; lower 

 mandible grey and orange ; tarsi and feet orange-red, claws dark brown." 



This Goose is barely separable from the White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons, Scop. ; in 

 fact, except by the slightly larger dimensions, it is indistinguishable from it, and can certainly 

 only be regarded as a subspecies. 



76. CHEN HYPERBOREUS {Pall). 



Anser hyperboreus, Pallas, Spic. Zool. vi. p. 25 (1767) ; id. Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. ii. p. 227, pi. 65 (1811). 

 Chen hyperboreus, Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 84 (1895). 



Palmer sent me a very well-mounted adult specimen of this interesting Goose, procured 

 on the island of Maui by Brother Matthias. 



For full synonymy, description, and distribution see Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 84. 



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