THE BEAN GOOSE. 



ANSER S^GETUM. 



Folded wings exceeding the tail in length ; bill long, orange, the base and nail 

 black ; upper plumage ash-brown ; the wings darker, edged with greyish 

 white ; under plumage in front dirty white, behind pure white ; irides dark 

 brown ; legs orange ; beak yellowish white. Length two feet six inches. 

 Eggs white. 



The several species constituting the group to which the 

 Bean Goose belongs resemble each other very nearly in 

 all respects. Inspected closely, they differ indeed quite 

 enough to justify their distribution into distinct species ; 

 but the descriptions of their habits, given by various 

 authors, present scarcely any characteristic features peculiar 



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