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lands. Whilst the flock feeds, sentrj^-birds with 

 up-drawn necks keep a lookout, not feeding them- 

 selves until relieved. The flight is performed in the 

 V-formation usual with Geese. The characteristics 

 for identification are the absence of black markings 

 from the breast, and the black bill with orange band 

 and black nail in conjunction with orange legs and 

 feet. 



GRAY LAG-GOOSE— ."^S inches ; shonlder and ramp light 

 bluish-gray ; bill ilesh-colour, with white nail ; legs and 

 feet flesh-colour ; black markings on breast slight. 



WHITE - FRONTED GOOSE— 27 inches; conspicuously 

 white about base of bill ; bill orange, with Avhite nail ; 

 legs and feet orange ; heavy black markings on breast. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE— 28 inches ; lighter gray on shoulder 

 and lower back ; bill black, with pink centre ; legs and 

 feet pink. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE.— Form, like the Gray Lag- 

 Goose (plate 88). Length, 28 inches. Like a smaller 

 Bean Goose, but with the gray on the shoulder and 

 lower back lighter ; bill black, but with pink central 

 cross-band and black nail ; legs and feet pink. Winter 

 migrant. 



Distribution. — A winter visitor to the coasts of 

 Great Britain, chiefly to the east coast, and on the 

 east coast chiefly in England ; less common on the 

 west coast, and least so in the south. 



The Pink-Footed Goose is a winter visitor to our 

 coasts, resembling in its diurnal haunting of the 

 stubble lands, its gregariousness, and its high fliglit in 

 phalanx formation the other Gray Geese. It sleeps 



