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tricts. A few of the former have been known 

 to breed in Sutherlandshire. They chiefly feed in 

 the corn-fields, to which they are very destructive. 

 The female lays from six to nine eggs of a dirty 

 greenish colour. 



GOOSE, PINK-FOOTED. 



ANSEB, BEACHTEHTNCTJS, Temm. 



The Pink-footed Goose was first distinguished in 

 1843, 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 

 much 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, EED-BBEASTED. 



ANSER RUFICOLLIS, Mont. 



This beautiful species is a native of Eussia and 

 Siberia, whence they migrate southward in the 



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