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to ornithologists. They admit of being divided into many genera, 
of which Cereopsis, Anser, and Nettapus are conspicuously distinct 
from each other; it is, however, with the genera Anser and Bernicla 
only, or true Geese, that we have to do with in the ‘ Birds of Great 
Britain.’ 
Genus ANSER. 
S13. ANSER BERUS.°s ..)\ 3 0 os 6) %s) 8. ghA aide epi ae 
Grey Lag Goose. 
A stationary species. Breeds in many parts of Scotland and 
Treland. The original of our Common Goose. 
aid. Awenk SEGETUM sss" 5 (6 <ethe «ve eVGl Weaker 
Bran-Goose. 
A winter visitant. More common on the western than the eastern 
parts of Scotland and England. 
15) ANSER DRACHYRHYNCHUS 0% 1. S10) CoD VolihVyobi aT: 
Prnx-roorep Goose. 
A winter visitant, arriving from the north in autumn ; plentiful 
in the wolds of Yorkshire at that season. 
S16. ANSER ALBIFRONS .° sss 94 <. 92 J) «  WiOleuemEaee 
WHiITE-FRONTED Goosk. 
This is also a winter visitant to the British Islands. 
8317. ANSER HGYPTIACUS. 
Egyptian Goose. 
Supposed by some to be an occasional visitor, by others that those 
which ‘are occasionally seen are stray individuals from some domestic 
home. 
318. ANSER ALBATUS. 
Cassin’s Snow-Goose. 
See Howard Saunders, in the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological 
Society of London,’ March 1872, for an account of two specimens of 
this bird killed in Wexford Harbour in November 1871. 
Genus Brrnicna. 
319. BERNICLA ERUCOPSIS woo) s% 2! Gowictanatime Mol Work: 
BERNICLE Goose. 
Plentiful in winter, keeping to certain districts on the flat shores 
of Lancashire. Retires northward beyond our country to breed. 
320. BERNICLA CANADENSIS. 
Canada Goose. 
This bird is said to have occurred wild in England; it being purely 
American, I have not figured it. 
