G28 BERNICLA LEUCOPSIS. 



Aberdeen. It is included by Mr. Molison in the list of birds 

 frequenting the Montrose Basin ; and Mr. Lamb, taxidermist 

 at Perth, informs me he has several times had it from the 

 estuary of the Tay. In Ireland it " is a regular winter 

 visitant to the coast." 



Dispersing in winter along the shores of Europe, they 

 repair in summer to the arctic regions, whence to return in 

 autumn with their young. They have also been found in 

 the glacial regions of North America. The nest is said to 

 be formed of grass, and to contain six or eight eggs. I have 

 examined several specimens from Parry's Arctic Expeditions. 

 Of two presented to Professor Jameson by Mr. Edwards, one 

 is two inches and seven-eighths long, an inch and eleven- 

 twelfths broad ; the other two inches and six-eighths long, 

 an inch and seven-eighths in breadth. They are of an ellip- 

 tical form, the two ends equal, and of a greyish- white tint. 



