Lng, Gewese 39 inches. 
Above cinereous grey, with the edges of the feathers light grey ; 
from the occiput down the back of the neck runs a dark-brown streak 
to the back; fore part of the neck, breast, and abdomen dirty white ; 
bill (which has a large knob at its base) greenish white colour; legs 
orange. | 
: The female is less than the male, and with the colours not so 
distinct; the knob at the base of the bill is also smaller. 
ANSEV GUINCENSIS coesecceccecee Raw Syn. 1. 38. 
Briss. Orn. 6. 280. 
Anser Cygnoides .....0... .0. Linn. Syst. 1. 194. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 838. 
CRAMESE GQOOSE ic cv canssSans sos Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 571. 
BWI GO08E i iseecchniacenekise Bewick Brit. Birds, 2. 281. 
ECOURGE. GUINCE iia sdasesads ase Buff. Ois. 9. 72, pl. 8, pl. 
Enl. 347. 
Said to inhabit (in a wild state) some parts of Sibera and Kamschatka, 
and to have been originally brought to this country from Guinea, but 
are now to be found ina semi-domesticated state in most parts of 
Europe. 
This species crosses freely with the common tame goose, and their 
offspring are again productive. 
ANSER HUTCHINSII. 
Ans.—Minusquam sequenti, sed similis. 
HUTCHINS’ GOOSE. 
Goose similar to the following, but smaller. 
IN. IN. 
WRNOEI Os cavcecdicseasnsss 20 LOANS \ogatvessivedineves 24 
UR Sie diapwatt sSeeiceevecs LE Middle tod ......0.ca00 3% 
Goose, with the head, neck, rump, and tail black; back and wings 
brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter; a small mark anterior 
to the eye, and a white kidney-shaped patch on the throat; below 
white, with the flank transversely barred with grey; bill and feet 
black. 
