.\Nsi:i{KS— anatidj: 217 



Young : ash brown with broad white mari^ins, primaries as in 

 adult. liill dark brownish i^rcy with black strii)cs alonj,^ edL,^cs. 

 Lej^'^s and feet dark grey. 



Breeds. — E. Asia and \V. America, in Arctic regions. Migrates 

 to Pacific Coasts of Asia and America in winter, but has occurred 

 in several P^uropean countries, British Isles, Germany, Holland, 

 France, Hungary, Norway, and Russia. 



A. hyperboreus nivalis (Forster). Larger. Wing 440-445. 

 Tarsus So-89. Culmen 65-69 (H.). Bill larger, stronger and 

 deeper than in "hyperboreus." $ from Solway Firth, i8th 

 February 1921, measured : wing 440 ; tarsus 86 ; bill 64. 



Jhrcds. — Greenland, Arctic N.E. America. Has occurred in 

 Ireland and Scotland. 



Branta. 



In closed bill no "teeth" visible on cutting edge of upper 

 mandible. 



Branta bernicla bernicla (L.). Brent Goose. Fr. 

 Cravant ; Gcr. Ringelgans ; Ital. Oca colombaccio ; Siocd. 

 Prutgas. 



^ 9 Above brown ; crown, neck (with a white patch on 

 either side) and chest black ; beneath whitish grey or smoky 

 brown, flanks barred pale brown and white. I)ill, legs and feet 

 black. Iris dark brown. Wing 300-352. Tarsus 54-63. l')ill 

 3--37 ( ? smaller than $ ). 



Breeds. — Arctic regions ; in Greenland from 70" to 82-30'" N., 

 Kolguev, Nova Zembla, Spitzbergen, Franz Joseph Land and 

 in Siberia east to Taimyr Peninsula. Migrates ; occurs on 

 passage Jan Mayen, Iceland, Lapland and Faroes ; in winter 

 British Isles, Continental P2urope, chiefly North Sea Coasts, 

 rarer in Baltic ; occasionally to Portugal, Morocco and 

 Egypt. 



Branta leucopsis (Bechstein). Barnacle Goose. Fr. 

 Barnachc nonnetlc ; Ger. Weisswangengans ; Itul. Oca faccia 

 bianca ; Swcd. Iloitkindad (las. 



^ ? Crown, neck, chest, back and rump black ; face, throat 

 and underparts white ; wing coverts and scapulars grey with 



