BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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about twenty-seven inches. The young show no white at 

 the base of the bill. 



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The Lesser White-fronted Goose {A/iser albifrons ininuius^ 

 Naumann) is an exceedingly rare autumn and winter 

 migrant to the British Islands. It inhabits Arctic Russia and 

 Siberia, and in autumn migrates southward. The adult 

 male closely resembles A?iser aIbifro?is^ but is much smaller, 

 shows more white on the forehead, and the plumage is darker ; 

 iridcs, brown ; bill, whitish-pink ; nail, horn colour ; legs, 

 toes, and webs, yellow. Length, about twenty inches. 



