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THE BEAN GOOSE. 



which we have endeavoured to represent in the fol- 

 lowing wood-cut : 



No. 1 we have always considered to be the ordinary 

 size and proportions of the Bean Goose, the colour 

 of the pale parts being orange-yellow, that of the 

 nail black; the plumage in this agreeing almost 

 with that which we shall describe from a fresh spe- 

 cimen of the larger billed bird. Soon after examin- 

 ing these stuffed specimens, we procured another 

 from the Edinburgh market in a fresh state, agree- 

 ing in the form of the bill with No. 2. In this 

 goose we had that member orange-yeilow, black 

 %t the base, in the centre between the nostrils 



