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obtuse ; feathers of the neck narrow, flat, not arranged in 

 ridges ; wings long, broad, of twenty-eight quills, the second 

 longest ; tail short, rounded, of sixteen rounded feathers. 



1. Bernicla leucopsis. White-faced Bernicle Goose. 

 About twenty-six inches long ; with the fore part and sides 

 of the head and the throat white ; the hind head and neck 

 glossy black ; scapulars and wing-coverts ash-grey, banded 

 with black. 



2. Bernicla Brenta. Black-faced Bernicle Goose. About 

 twenty-four inches long ; with the head and neck glossy 

 black, a patch of white dotted with black on each side 

 of the upper neck ; scapulars and wing-coverts brownish- 

 grey. 



3. Bernicla ruficollis. Bed-necked Bernicle Goose. About 

 twenty-two inches long ; with the throat, upper part of the 

 head, and a band down the neck, black ; a white spot before 

 the eye, behind it a white space inclosing a brownish-red 

 patch ; fore neck red ; breast black. 



GENUS III. CHENALOPEX. FOX-GOOSE. 



Bill nearly as long as the head, stout, straight, sub-coni- 

 cal, of not much greater height than breadth at the base, 

 slightly narrowed toward the end, where it is broadly rounded, 

 with the unguis large, very convex, much decurved, and 

 strong-edged ; the lamella? of the upper mandible externally 

 thin and concealed ; tarsus stout, moderately compressed, 

 reticulated with small angular scales ; hind toe free, with a 

 thick narrow lobe beneath ; anterior toes rather long, scutel- 

 late unless toward the base ; claws short, strong, little arched, 

 rather compressed, obtuse ; wings rather long, broad, with 

 the second quill longest ; tail short, rounded, of fourteen 

 rounded feathers. 



1. Chenalopex JEgyptiacus. Egyptian Fox-Goose. About 

 twenty-eight inches long ; with a prominent margin at the 

 base of the upper mandible, and a bare knob on the wing ; 

 the bill reddish flesh-colour, with the unguis and part of the 

 margin of the upper mandible black ; a roundish space about 

 the eye light chestnut-red ; the wing-coverts white, the 



