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BEN GALAS. - BERNICLA. 
Luciani Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854. 153. — Falaeornis Luciani Verr. 
malaccensis ßev. Mag. Zool. 1854. 152. = Palaeornis longicaudatus Gray. 
melanorhynchus Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854. 152. = Palaeornis mela- 
norhynchus Wagl. 
modestus Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854. 152. = Palaeornis Luciani Vers, 
P- pondicerianus Souancé, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1856. 204. = Palaeornis Alexandri 
FiNSCH. 
BENGAL AS Rafinesque 1815. — Estrilda Swainson. 
BERENICORNIS (ßucerotidae) Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium 1850. I. 91. = Bu- 
ceros Lin. 
albocristatus Gray, Handlist Birds II. 128. — Buceros albicristatus Gass. 
comatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 91. = Buceros comatus Raffl. 
macrurus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 91. — Buceros albicristatus. Gass. 
BERNICLA (Lamellirostres) Stephens, Gener. Zool. 1824. XII. 45. — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1844. IIL 607. = Anser L. 
Bill shorter than the head, the culmen elevated at the base and gradually 
sloping towards the tip , which is armed with a large broad nail , the lateral mar- 
gins membranous widening posteriorly and furnished interiorly with lamellar that 
are not exposed, but short and widely set; the nostrils large with the opening 
linear, longitudinal and placed in the middle of the bill. Wings long and pointed 
with the first and second quills and sometimes the second only, the longest. Tail 
short and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe and covered with small 
scales. Toes short and united by an indented web, and the lateral ones unequal, 
the hind toe very short, slightly elevated and simple. 
aegyptiacus Eyton, Ver. brit. Birds Tb. 65. — Anser aegyptiacus Briss. 
antarctica Gillis, Exped. South. Hemisph. Birds Tb. 22. = Anser antarcti- 
CUS ViEILL. 
anticola Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser melanopterus Eyton. 
brenta Stephens, Gener. Zool. XII. 46. = Anser bernicla Bonnat. 
canadensis Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 921. = Anser canadensis Bonnat. 
canagica Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser canagicus Brandt. 
chiloënsis Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 1822. XXI. 427. — Anser polioce- 
phalus Schleg. 
collaris Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 851. — Anser bernicla L. 
cyanoptera Rüppell, syst. Uebers. Vögel NO. Africa 127. Tb. 47. = Anser 
cyanoptera Schleg. 
dispar Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 1862. XXI. 427. = Anser magellanicus 
ViEILL. 
erythropus Stephens, Gener. Zool. XII. 49. = Anser leucopsis Bechst. 
grandis Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser grandis Pall. 
Hutchinsi Bonaparte, List. — Anser Hutchinsi Ricds. 
indica Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser indicus Steph. 
inornata Gray, Genera Birds III. Tb. 165. = Anser poliocephalus Schleg. 
inornata Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror Birds Tb. 24. = Anser rubidiceps Schleg. 
jubata Stephens, Gener. Zool. XII. 48. = Anser jubatus Schleg. 
leucolaema Mlrray, New. Edinb. philos, mag. 1859. April. — 
leucoparia Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser Hutchinsi Richds. 
leucopsis Baird, Birds N. America 768. = Anser erythropus Flem. 
magellanicus Gillis, Exped. South. Hemisph. Birds Tb. 25. — Anser magel- 
lanicus Flem. 
melanopsls H. Gillivray, Man. Ornith. 151. = Anser bernicla Bonnat. 
melanoptera Gray, Genera Birds III. 607. = Anser melanopterus Eyt. 
micropus Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 859. = Anser bernicla L. 
nigricans Cassin, Illustr. I. 52. Tb. 10. = Anser bernicla L. 
platyurus Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 850. = Anser bernicla L. 
ruficollis Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 563. = Anser ruficollis Pall. 
torquata Boie. Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 848. — Anser bernicla L. 
