BRANT, OR BRENT GOOSE. 



(Anser bernicla, Bonap. Synops. No. 320. Richard. North. Zool. ii. 



p. 469. Anser torquatus, Viexll. Anas bernicla, Lin. Lath. Ind. 



sp. 32. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 824. Wilson, viii. p. 131. pi. 



72. fig. 1. Brent Goose, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 478. Le Cra- 



vant, Buff. Ois. ix. p. 87. PI. Enlum. 342. Phil. Museum, No. 



2704.) 

 Sp. Charact. — Blackish-ash ; head, neck, and breast black ; a white 



patch on each side of the neck ; beneath whitish ; bill and feet 



black ; tail of 16 feathers. 



The Brent is another of the hardy aquatic birds common 

 to the hyperboreal regions of both continents. They breed 

 in great numbers on the coasts and islands of Hudson's 

 Bay and the Arctic Sea, and are rarely seen in the interior. 

 In Europe they proceed to the most northern isles of Green- 

 land, and to the dreary shores of Spitzbergen. In winter 

 they are very abundant in Holland and in Ireland, as well 



