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ANSERANAS. — ANTHIPES. 
Anser arvensis, A. obscurus^ A. rufescens, A. platyurus Brehm, Vögel 
Deutschlds. 837 839. 
Anser arvensis Naumann, Naturg. Vögel Deutschlds. XL 277. Tf. 286. 
Anser brachyhynohus Baillou, Mém. Emul. Abbeville 1833. 74. — Degland, 
Ornith. IL 482. 
Anser pkoenicopus Bartlett, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1839. VIL 2. 
Anser palustris, Ann. mag. nat. hist. III. 121. 
Anser brevirostris Thienemann, Fortpflanzg. Vögel Europ. 1838. 25. 
Saatgans <f Acker gans^ Feldgans y Moorgans, wilde Gans. — Oie vulgaire. — 
Bean Goose. — Oca granajola. — Gumennik. Khongér Chaas. Kanguae, 
Kantgatjae. 
septentrionalis sylvestris Brisson, Ornith. VI. 269. = Anser erythropus Flem. 
spinosus BoNNATERRE, Encycl. méth. I. 118. Tb. 29. Fig. 2. — Senegal. 
sylvestris freti hudsonis Brisson, Ornith. VI. 275. — Anser hyperboreus Pall. 
sylvestris Brisson, Ornith. VI. 265. = Anser cinereus Meyer, A. segetum 
Bechst. 
Temmincki Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 882. = Anser erythropus Flem. 
torquatus Frisch. =: Anser bernicla Bonap. 
undulatus Bonnaterre, Encycl. méth. I. 144. — India. 
variegata Ellmann, Zoologist = Anas variegata Gmel. 
varius Meyer, Taschb. Vögel IL 562. = Anser aegyptiacus Briss. 
vulgaris Pallas. Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 48. — - Anser cinereus Meyer. 
AIXISERANAS (Anatidae. — Anser- Anas). — Lesson, Manuel Ornith. 1828. 
IL 418. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. IIL 602. 
Synon.: Choristopus Eyton. 
Bill long., broader at the base than towards the tip, the base more elevated 
than broad', the culmen gradually sloping, the bill covered with a warty skin, 
which extend round the eyes to a point on the forehead, leaving only the large 
broad strong nail at the tip naked; the nostrils placed near the middle and culmen, 
membranous and having the opening small. Wings long with the third and fourth 
quills equal and longest. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi lengthened as long as the 
middle toe without the claw, covered with small nearly rounded scales. Toes leng- 
thened., slender, with the three anterior ones united by a web only at the base and 
the sides margined; the hind toe long and hardly elevated above the plane of the 
toes; the claws long, compressed, acute. — 1 Specc. 
melanoleaca Lesson, Manuel Ornith. II. 418. — Gould, Birds Australia VII. 
Tb. 2. — Bennet, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. XXIX, 266. [Australia merid. 
Anas melanoleuca Latham, Ind, Orn. Suppl. 69. — Cuvier, Mém. Mus. 
XL 345. Tb. 19. 
Anas semipalmata Latham, Gener. Synops. Suppl. II. 139. 
Choristopus semipalmatus Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 79. 
Newal gang. 
ANSERELLA Swainson Nettapus Brdt. 
ANTHIPES Blyth, Joum. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 122. = Muscicapa L. 
Beak flattened, rather wide at base and narrowing evenly to the tip; the 
ridge of the upper mandible distinctly angulated, and its tip considerably over- 
hanging that of the lower mandible and emarginated; nostrils basal, nearly closed 
by the membrane, their aperture a narrow lateral fissure; gape armed with fine 
but firm vibrissae. Tarse slender, as long as the middle toe with its claw; the 
toes and claws suited for running as in the Pipits; the middle front claw greatly 
exceeding the two lateral ones and the two hind claw as long as the toe and but 
slightly curved as are also the other claws. Wings moderate, rounded, the 4. 
5. 6. primaries subequal and longest, the 3. and 7. rather shorter, the 2. much 
shorter and the 1. half the length of the 2. Tail even, of the moderate length 
or somewhat short, the wings reaching halfway to its tip. Plumage full and dense, 
gularis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 122. ~ Muscicapa mo- 
niliger. 
