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Habitat. A winter visitor to Upper India, Assam, Manipur and the Chind- 
win and Irrawadi rivers. 
Description .—Gregarious ; sexes alike ; head and neck, brown ; mantle, 
black ; scapulars and inner secondaries brown, tipped with grey. Rump grey, 
upper tail coverts, white; breast, ashy grev ; sides of the bodv brown ; belly 
white ; axillaries. bluish grey. 
Length about 32 ins. ; wing, 18 ins. ; tail. 6 ins.; bill and legs, pale brown 
to whitish; irides, brown; weight, 9 lbs. 
THE LARGE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 
Anser Albifroms. Native name : Raj hans . 
Habitat .—A rare winter visitor. 
Description .—Forehead and chin, white ; head and neck, brown ; mantle, 
black ; and scapulars, ashy brown. Rump, dark brown or blackish ; breast, pale 
ashy grey ; lower plumage, white. 
Length, about 27 ins. ; wing, 15 ins ; tail, 5 ins. (female smaller). Bill, 
orange yellow ; irides, brown ; legs and feet, orange ; weight, about 5 lbs. 
