. Game, shore, and water birds of India . o ANSER.—SARCIDIORNIS. 107 948. Anser minutus. The Dwarf Goose. £ 22; 4 lbs. Legs red. Bill orange. Back and scapulars darkgrey, with cross bands. Primaries grey. Abdomen black, borderedwhite. Flanks dark grey. 949. Anser indicus. The Barred-headed Goose. Indlcus = Indian; from its native country. Birooa, Raj-hans, N. ; Paria, Nepal; Nang-pa, Ladak; Dod-sarle-hake, Mysore; Neer bathoo, Coimbatore; Kangnai, Manipur ; Badi-hans, Chitta-gong. $ 27% to 33^; 4 to 7 lbs. Legs orange. Bill yellow. Two barson head and neck. Above ash-grey. Flanks cinnamon.

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. Game, shore, and water birds of India . o ANSER.—SARCIDIORNIS. 107 948. Anser minutus. The Dwarf Goose. £ 22; 4 lbs. Legs red. Bill orange. Back and scapulars darkgrey, with cross bands. Primaries grey. Abdomen black, borderedwhite. Flanks dark grey. 949. Anser indicus. The Barred-headed Goose. Indlcus = Indian; from its native country. Birooa, Raj-hans, N. ; Paria, Nepal; Nang-pa, Ladak; Dod-sarle-hake, Mysore; Neer bathoo, Coimbatore; Kangnai, Manipur ; Badi-hans, Chitta-gong. $ 27% to 33^; 4 to 7 lbs. Legs orange. Bill yellow. Two barson head and neck. Above ash-grey. Flanks cinnamon. Subfamily Cereopsin^e. New-Holland Geese. Peculiar to Australia. Seldom enter water. Appear to haveaffinities both with Rasores and Grallatores. Subfamily Plectropterix^ with one spur or more. Genus SARCIDIORNIS. o-apicihiou; from o-dpg = a bit of flesh, and opvis = a with fleshy boss. Plumage black and white. 950. Sarcidiornis melanonotus. The Comb Duck or Black-backed Spur Goose. Nukhta, India; Nukwa, Chota Nagpur;

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