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indebted to the above-named friend. The bulb of the inferior larynx 
is not flattened above as in the last bird, but altogether bears con- 
siderable resemblance to it and the wading ducks; from which latter, 
in common with all other geese, it may be distinguished by the rings 
of the trachea being more massive, and also by the form of the tube, 
which is always contracted towards the inferior larynx; while in the 
wading ducks it always expands in that part. . 
The flesh is not good food. Skins of both sexes were in the 
Museum of the Zoological Society, brought home by Capt. King. 
BERNICLA RUFICOLLIS. 
Ber.—Vertice colloque posteriore atris; genis rufis. 
RED-NECKED GOOSE. 
Ber. with the crown and neck posteriorly black; the cheeks red. 
Length......... 21 inches. 
Ber.: crown, forehead, and back of the neck and throat black; — 
on the cheek a patch of brown margined by a line of white, which 
afterwards passes down the neck and breast, beyond which is a bar 
of white; belly, wings, and tail black; abdomen, vent, upper and 
under tail coverts white ; wing coverts margined with white; bill and 
legs fuscous. 
ANSCY TUfCOLAS. ove lives sodecwesar' Pall. Spice. 6. 12. 
PNIG TUSLCOUNS Ke vsdcaiceahanos 9 see Gmel. Syst. 1. 511. 
ARES: LOT GUAED vane aces a2ee eines reeee Gmel. Syst. 1. 514. 
PCYNIClE TUPCOUIS Sie osiiedesoess is: Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 58. 
Reed-breasted goose ssc. ORD Penn. Arct. Zool. 4. 571. 
Lath. Syst. 6. 455. 
A few specimens have at different times been killed in the British 
Isles. It is a native of the arctic region, and is said to retire to 
Siberia and the Frozen Ocean to breed. 'Temminck informs us that 
it is in abundance near the rivers Ob and Lena during the breeding 
season. Nothing, however, appears to be known of its nidification 
or habits. . 
