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BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX. 



In addition to these differences of bill and legs, 

 the first and third differ from each other in the 

 following respects. The Greylag invariably has 

 some black feathers on the belly, which the other 

 has not, and the grey colour in the wings of the 

 Greylag runs through the wing like a double bar, 

 which is ver}^ conspicuous when the pinions are 

 stretched ; whereas in the w^ing of the Pinkfooted 

 Goose the grey colour is more uniformly distributed 

 in a mass. 



It is the Grejdag Goose which is still to be found 

 breeding in the Highlands. Mr. St. John once 

 thought that the Pinkfooted Goose bred on one of 

 the lakes in Sutherlandshire, and went there to 

 ascertain this point, accompanied by my friend, Mr. 

 John Hancock. The birds proved, however, without 

 exception, to be the Greylag. 



Wild Geese may be known on the wing by their 



