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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



maries and tail, blackish; breast and abdomen, whitish; 

 sides of former and flanks have obscure bars of grey and 

 brown ; vent and tail-coverts, white ; irides, hazel ; bill, 

 legs, and feet, black. Length, about twenty-five inches. 



The Red-breasted Goose {Beriiicla riificollis, Pallas) is an 

 exceedingly rare abnormal autumn and winter migrant to 

 the British Islands. It inhabits Northern Siberia, and 

 during migration is met with in the extreme east of Europe. 

 The adult has the front, crown, nape, back parts of neck, 



