274 THE BRITISH WILD GEESE. 



be possible the Goose found breeding in the north of Scotland by Mr. 

 Selby may be this species, but the distinction between the Long and Short- 

 billed Goose has been so entirely overlooked that we cannot determine that 

 without further research. I will now give a list of the species. 



Anas albifrons, (White -fronted Goose.) — Bill flesh coloured, (Gould, 349.) 



Anns ferus, or Anser. (Grey-lag Wild Goose.) — Bill pink, nail white, 

 (Gould, 347.) 



Anas segelum, (Bean Goose, Short-billed or Migratory Goose.) — Bill short, 

 strong, and deep, the depth at the base being nearly two-thirds of its length; 

 pale red in the middle, black at the extremities, but varies much in the 

 proportions of these colours. Old birds nearly as large and pale-coloured 

 as the Grey-lag Goose. 



Pink-footed Goose. — Bill nearly the same proportions and colours as the 

 last, but smaller and weaker; bird less and darker coloured; it is the young 

 of the last, but Mr. Yarrell has given us a drawing of nearly an old bird 

 for this supposed species. 



Anas paludosus, (Carr-lag or Long-billed Goose.) — Bill long and weak, 

 being exactly twice the length of its depth at the base. This is the Bean 

 Goose of Mr. Yarrell's and Mr. Gould's drawings, but not of their des- 

 criptions. (Gould, plate 348.) The colour of the bill is like that of 

 Segttum, and equally various. 



Description of the Figures. — No. 1. — Anas paludosus. — Size of life; bill 

 strongly toothed, a strong groove running the whole length of the lower 

 mandible; bill two inches and three-quarters long, and one inch and three- 

 eighths deep at the base. 



No. 2. — A. secjetum. — Size of life, from an old bird as large and pale- 

 coloured as a Grey-lag Goose. Bill one inch and seven-eighths long, and 

 one inch and one-eighth deep at the base. In colour like the last, it 

 is a pale red in the middle, and black at the extremities, but they vary 

 greatly in the quantity and form of the black, indeed I have seldom found 

 two alike. The bill of this bird seems more allied to the Bernicles than 

 to the Long-billed Goose, with which it has been so much confounded. 



N 0- 3. — Pink-footed Goose. — From a bird received some years ago from 

 Mr. Bartlett; it so entirely resembles the last as not to require description, 

 differing only in being a trifle smaller and weaker, evidently the result of 



