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BERNICLA LEUCOPSIS. THE WHITE-FACED 

 BERNICLE-GOOSE. 



CLAIKIS. CLARIS. CLAIK-GOOSE. BARNACLE. WHITE-CHEEKED BARNACLE. 

 LAND BARNACLE. 



Fig. 58. 



Anas Bernicla. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 198. 

 Anas erythropus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 843. 

 Bernicle Goose. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. 

 Oie Bernache. Anas leucopsis. Temm. Man. d' Ornith. II. 823. 

 Oie Bernache. Anser leucopsis. Temm. Man. d' Ornith. IV. 520. 

 Bernicle Goose, or Clakis. Anser Bernicla. Selby, Illustr. II. 268. 

 Anser leucopsis. Common Bernicle. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. Anim. 224. 

 Bernicla leucopsis. Bonap. Comp. List, 55. 



Male tiventy -seven inches long; bill small, much shorter 

 than the head, an inch and a third in length, black ; tarsus 

 two inches and ten-tic elf ths in length, black; the fore part of 

 the head, its sides, and the throat white; hind head and neck 

 glossy black; fore and hind parts of back black; its middle 

 part, the scapidars, and wing-coverts ash-grey, banded with 

 black; the loiver parts white, the sides faintly barred with 

 ash-grey, Female similar, but smaller. 



