ANSERES. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



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AN ATI D A. 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli*). 

 THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 



OR LAUGHING GOOSE. 



Anser albifrons. 



The White -fronted or Laughing Goose may be consi- 

 dered as a regular winter visitor to this country, not usually 

 so numerous as the Bean Goose, but occasionally appearing 

 in very large flocks, and in some proportion to the severity 

 of the weather on the Continent. This species frequents 

 marshes and morasses, rather than corn-fields ; and birds 

 examined by Selby were found to have their stomachs 

 filled with the tender shoots and leaves of the common 

 clover. Sometimes these birds are not uncommon in the 



* Bra„lo alhifrons, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. HO (1769). 



