-PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 127 
of white feathers surrounds the bill; iris, dark, dusky brown. 
Head on the sides, crown, and neck on the back, rather dark 
and fine rufous chocolate brown, the nape paler, shading into 
yellowish brown on the sides of the neck; throat, also rufous 
chocolate brown; breast above, reddish fawn-colour; below, 
white; on the sides, broadly barred with pale brown and 
greyish white, with which each feather is broadly tipped; 
back, on the upper part, brownish grey, shaded off into 
yellowish brown, with dull yellowish white edges and tips to 
the feathers; below, greyish black, the feathers on the lower 
part tipped with white. 
The wings, when closed, extend from an inch to an inch 
and a half beyond the end of the tail. Greater wing 
coverts, dark brownish black; lesser wing coverts, brownish 
grey, edged and tipped with dull white. Primaries, greyish 
Jead-colour, with white shafts, the second quill feather is the 
longest in the wing; secondaries, dark leaden grey, the ends 
nearly white; tertiaries, dusky brownish grey, with dull 
greyish white outer edges and tips; the shafts are strong 
and broad. ‘Tail, grey, the feathers broadly tipped and edged 
with white; the shafts white; underneath the tail is white; 
it consists of fourteen feathers; upper tail coverts, white, with 
a pale crescent-shaped mark; under tail coverts, white; legs 
and toes, pink, with a tinge of red: the hind toe is short. 
Claws, black, paler at the base; webs, reddish pink. 
In some specimens there are a few white feathers about 
the base of the bill. 
