ANATID.A—GEESE. IQl 
Distribution: Breeds in the Arctic portions of the Pale- 
arctic region, migrating southward as far as the Mediterranean 
in autumn. 
Habitat: Sea-shore, or waste grounds and stubble fields in- 
land. 
Note.—In the Western Atlantic birds the lower part of the breast is brown- 
ish-white, and the sides are barred with pale brown. 
BARNACLE GOOSE. 
Anser leucopsis (echst). 
Adult: Forehead, cheeks and throat pure whzte; lores 
black ; crown, neck, and wing and tail-quills black; dack 
feathers vey, barred subterminally with black and tipped with 
white ; hinder parts beneath white, with pale grey bars on sides 
and flanks ; bill, legs, feet and claws black ; irides hazel-brown. 
Length 25 inches; culmen 1°65; wing 15°75 to 16; tail 5'9; 
tarsus 2°85. Female slightly less. 
Immature Birds: Black part; chiefly brownish-black (es- 
pecially on the back); white on face suffused with buff. 
Distribution: Breeds in Arctic Europe, passing southward 
on migration to the Mediterranean and Egypt. 
Habitat: Marshes (either salt or fresh water), inland 
lagoons, &c. 
RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 
Bernicla ruficollis (Pa//). 
Adult : Crown, hind neck, back, wings and tail black ; loral 
patch, a broad stripe round auriculars, extending on to lower 
part of neck, where it nearly meets a narrow collar, white ; 
auricular patch, throat and chest chestnut; chin and upper 
breast black ; abdomen, sides of rump and tail-coverts white ; 
flanks barred with black; bill, legs, feet, and claws black ; 
irides hazel-brown. Length 20 to 22 inches; culmen 1 ; wing 
14 to 14°5; tail6; tarsus 2°1. The female differs from the 
male only by being slightly smaller. 
Immature Birds :. Auricular patch whitish, with spot only 
