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and Chapman's "Art of Wildfowling," p. 152), and 

 another specimen was subsequently obtained in 

 Somersetshire (ZooL, 1888, p. 227). The dimensions 

 of this smaller form are as follow : — Length, 21 in. ; 

 bill, 1-25 in, ; wing, 15 in. ; tarsus, 2'25 in. 

 The weight of A. alhifrons is 6i to 7 lbs. 



BARNACLE GOOSE. Bernida leucopsis {BQQ\i&t&m). PL 

 27, fig. 5. Length, 26 to 28 in.; bill, 1-3 in.; wing 

 16 in. ; tarsus, 2-3 in. 



So called from its fabled growth from barnacles. 

 See "The Ornithology of Shakespeare," pp. 247-256. 



A winter visitant ; common in the West of Scot- 

 land and in the Outer Hebrides, and more abundant 

 on the west than on the east coast of England (ZooL, 

 1891, pp. 68, 193). Prior to 1862 it was common on 

 the Dee marshes ; now very scarce. On the coast of 

 Pembrokeshire it arrives early in October, often in 

 company with Brent Geese. 



In Ireland this bird is a regular winter visitor to 

 the coasts and islands of Louth, Donegal, Sligo, 

 Mayo, and Galway. 



Weight, 5 to 5f lbs. 



BRENT GOOSE. Bernida brenta (Pallas). PI. 27, fig. 

 6. Length, 22 to 24 in. ; bill, 1-5 in. ; wing, 15 in. ; 

 tarsus, 2 in. 



Called Brent, i.e. burnt, from the colour of the 

 dorsal plumage, which resembles charred wood. 



A regular winter visitant ; in England commoner 

 on the eastern than on the western shores, and 



