BERNACLE GOOSE. Bernicla leucopsis. 



Winter visitor. Supposed to breed in Greenland, Iceland_, Spitzbergen, 

 and Nova Zembla. In winter wanders southwards, but not as far as the 

 Tropics. 



CANADA GrOOSE. Bernicla canadensis. 



Possibly an accidental winter visitor, but has been kept in domestication 

 for centuries. Breeds in arctic and subarctic America, wandering south- 

 wards in winter as far as Mexico and the West Indies. 



RED-BEEASTED GOOSE, Bernicla ruficollis. 



Accidental winter visitor. Breeds above the limit of forest-growth in 

 the valleys of the Obb and the Yenesei. Winters on the Caspian, and 

 occasionally in the neighbouring countries. 



COMMON SHELDRAKE. Tadorna cornuta. 



Local resident. Breeds in the temperate parts of Europe and Asia, in 

 the coldest parts of its range migrating southwards in winter to the 

 confines of the Tropics. 



RUDDY SHELDRAKE. Tadorna rutila. 



Rare accidental visitor, many records being doubtless of escaped birds. 

 Resident in South Europe. Breeds in South Siberia and Persia. Winters 

 in China, Burma, and India. 



GAD WALL. Anas strepera. 



Rare winter visitor, remaining to breed in a few protected localities. 

 Circumpolar species, breeding in the subarctic and subtropical, and 

 wintering in the subtropical and tropical parts of the northern hemisphere. 



