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tricts. A few of the wild species have been known 
to breed in Sutherlandshire. ‘They chiefly teed in 
the corn fields, to which they are very destructive. 
The female lays from six to nine eges of a dirty 
greenish colour. 
GOOSHE, PIN K-FOOT ED. 
ANSER BRACHYRUYNCHUS, Temm. 
This species was first distinguished in 1833, by 
M. Baillon, from the Bean Goose, being smaller 
in size, having a shorter bill, its legs and feet 
of a pinky colour. It is much more common 
during winter in Great Britain than either the 
Bean or Grey Lag Goose, which species it very 
rouch resembles in its general appearance. Its 
habits in a wild state are also similar to those of 
the above-named species, but in confinement it 
does not associate with them. It has not been 
known to breed in a wild state in Great Britain. 
GOOSE, RED-BREASTED. 
ANSER RUFICOLLIS, Mont. 
This beautiful species is a native of Russia and 
Siberia, whence they migrate southward in the 
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