BLACK-BACKED GOOSE. 
Generic Character. 
Bill convex, obtufe ; the edges toothed with nu¬ 
merous lamellae. 
Tongue ciliated, obtufe. 
Specific Character , Hie. 
White GOOSE, with black back, the head and 
neck fpotted with black, and the bill furnifh- 
ed with a gibbofe compreffed callus at the 
bafe. 
BLACK-BACKED GOOSE. 
Lath. syn. 3. p. 449- 
L’Oie bronze. 
Buff. ois. 9. p. 77. 
Oie de la cote de Coromandel. 
PI. Enl. 937. 
This fpecies is a native of India and the Indian 
iflands, and is nearly of the fize of a commongoofe. 
It feems to have been firft deferibed by Mr. Pennant 
in his Indian Zoology. 
