Cygxus. birds. PALMIPIDES. UK 



orange ; base of the bill, nail, and claws black. Wings reach- 

 ing beyond the end of the tail. . 



Scotch Goose ; so. vulgatissimus ferus, Lisler, PhiL Trans, xv. 1159. — 

 Will' Orn. 274. Rat/, Syn. Av. 13G — Bean Goose, Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 ii. 575. — A. segetum, Temm. Orn. ii. 820. — £, Common Wild Goose, 

 Bean Goose, Small Grey Goose — A regular winter visitant. 

 Length 2/2ths, breadth 4i|ths feet ; weight 6i pounds. Bill depressed, 

 compressed near the end. Irides brown. Head and neck grey, inclining to 

 brown above. Back, scapulars, and wing-covers grey, with pale margins, and 

 tinged with brown. Hump dusky. Quills black ; the outer webs grey ; se- 

 condaries grey, with black margins ; belly and tail-covers v/hite. Breeds in 

 the Arctic llegions. The young have the neck yellowish, and the front spotted 

 with white. This species arrives in autumn, and departs in spring, frequent- 

 ing wheat fields. It is named, in Lincolnshire, Bean Goose, from the resem- 

 blance which the black nail of the bill bears to a horse bean — Linnaeus con- 

 founded this species with the preceding, under the title Anas Anser. J have 

 adopted the names of Ray, who, by the assistance of Lister, clearly distin- 

 guished the two species. 



197. A. Erythropus. Laughing- Goose. — Bill and feet orange ; 

 the former with a white nail. Front white. 



Anas eryth. Linn. Syst. i. 197. — White-fronted Goose, Pemi. Bi-it. Zool. 

 ii. 576. — Anas albifrons, Temm. ii. 821 — A regular winter visitant. 

 Length 2i, breadth 4i feet; weight 5 pounds. Head and neck greyish - 

 brown. Back and sides brown, with jjale margins. Quills black ; the secon- 

 daries tipped with black. Breast and belly white, with scattered black feath- 

 ers. Vent and tail-covers white. Tail dusky black ; the outer feathers near- 

 ly white ; the rest edged with that colour. The young have generally three 

 white spots in front. This species keeps in small flocks during the winter, 

 and is killed on the coast, and in rivers, in severe winters. 



** Bill and legs black. 



198. A. Bernicla. Bemacle or Claikis. — Head white ; neck 

 and breast black. 



Bemacle, Lister, Phil. Trans, xv. 1159. — Bernicla, Will. Orn.274.—Sil)b. 

 Scot. 21 — Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 577 — Anas leucopsis, Temm. Orn. ii. 

 823. — A winter visitant. 



Length 2 J^th, breadth 4/5ths feet ; weight 5 pounds. Irides dark brown. 

 Back, scapulars, and wing-covers, grey, black, and white ; below white. Quills 

 and tail black. The young bii-ds have a dark stripe from the bill to the eye, 

 and the white of the head is mottled with dusky. This species retires early. 

 It is celebrated in the annals of ignorance, as the bu-d supposed to be bred 

 from the bemacle shell. 



199. A. Brenta. Brent Goose. — Head, neck, and breast 

 black. A white patch on each side the neck. 



Wilk, Lister, Phil. Trans, xv. 1159 — Brenta, Will. Orn. 275 Penn. Brit. 



Zool. ii. 579. — Anas Bernicla, Temm. Orn. ii. 824 E, Rat or Road 



Goose, Glatter Goose. — A winter visitant, frequenting meadows and 

 grass fields. 



Length 29 inches, weight 2| pounds. Irides dark-brown. Lower part of 

 the breast, back, scapulars, and wing-covers, mottled ash-colour ; naiddle of the 

 belly greyish-brown ; sides grey. Vent and under taU-covers white. Rump 

 and tail black. The young are destitute of the white patch on the side of the 



