204 GEESE AND GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS. 



Goose are the black fore-parts, as if the bird had 



been dipped overhead in ink to the shoulders (the 



line of division between the black chest and 



the lighter lower parts being clearly defined), and 

 the small white patch at the side of the neck. 



BARNACLE GOOSE— 25 inches ; liead, neck, throat, and 

 chest hlack, except forehead, chin, and sides of head, 

 wliich are "white, the last divided by a black line from 

 the eye to the bill ; upper parts barred black and Avhite 

 on ash-gray. 



BARNACLE GOOSE.— Form, like the Brent Goose 

 (plate 89). 25 inches. Head, neck, throat, and chest 

 black, except forehead, chin, and sides of head, 

 which are white, the last divided by a black line 

 passing from the eye to the base of the bill ; upper 

 parts ash-gray, cross-barred with black and white ; 

 under parts whitish ; lower back black ; hind-parts 

 before tail white all round, but tail itself black ; bill, 

 legs, and feet black. Winter migrant. 



Distribution. — A winter visitor to our coasts 

 generally, chiefly on the west side of Great Britain, 

 and the north and north-west of Ireland. 



The Barnacle Goose feeds by night on the salt- 

 marshes and pastures near the sea, but frequents also 

 the margins of rivers and inland waters Avhen the tide 

 is full. Thus it is less exclusively a shore Goose than 

 the Brent Goose, which in its other habits it resembles. 

 The white face and black eye-stripe, in conjunction 

 with the black hind-head, the black neck and chest, 

 and the sharp line of division between the black of 



