224 AVES NATATORES. 



(2. BERNICLA, Steph.) 



225. A. Leucopsis, Bechst. (Common Bernicle.) 

 Forehead, cheeks, and throat, white : crown, occiput, neck 

 and breast, black. 



Anas Leucopsis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 823. Bernicle 

 Goose, Mont. Orn. Diet. <$ Supp. Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 268. 

 pi. 44. Bernacle, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 302. 



DIMENS. Entire length two feet one inch. 



DESCRIPT. Forehead, cheeks and throat, white; between the hill and 

 the eyes a dark streak ; crown, occiput, neck, and upper part of the breast, 

 black; back, scapulars and wing-coverts, undulated with transverse 

 bars of ash-gray, black, and grayish white, this last colour occupying the 

 tips of the feathers : quills blackish gray : under parts of the body pure 

 wnite, passing into ash-gray on the flanks : tail black : irides dusky 

 brown : bill and legs black. The young have the white on the forehead 

 mottled with dusky ; the feathers on the back and wings tipped with 

 reddish ; the flanks of a darker colour than in the adult : legs dusky 

 brown. (Egg.) Greenish white : long. diam. three inches ; trans, diam, 

 one inch eleven lines. 



Common as a winter visitant on the western coast of England, and in 

 some parts of Ireland. Rarely seen in the southern and eastern dis- 

 tricts. Retires early in the year to high latitudes, where it breeds. 

 Food, seeds, grain, and aquatic and other vegetables. 



226. A. torquatus, Frisch. (Brent Bernicle.) Head, 

 neck, and breast, black ; a white patch on each side of 

 the neck. 



Anas Bernicla, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 824. Brent Goose, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 300, 

 Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 271. pi. 45. 



DIMENS. Entire length twenty-nine inches. 



DESCRIPT. (Adult.) Head, neck, and upper part of the breast, black ; 

 on each side of the neck about half-way down, a patch of white, mottled 

 with black : back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, clove-brown, the feathers 

 edged with ash-gray : middle of the belly dark gray, tinged with brown ; 

 flanks barred transversely with gray and white ; vent, upper and under 

 tail-coverts, pure white : rump, quills, and tail, black : irides dusky brown : 

 bill and legs black. (Young of the year.) Head and neck dusky ash, 

 the latter without the white patch on the sides ; the feathers on the back 

 and breast tipped with reddish brown ; flanks gray, with transverse bars 

 of reddish white. (Egg.) Dull white, slightly tinged with green : long, 

 diam. two inches eleven lines ; trans, diam. one inch nine lines. 



Like the other species of this family, a regular winter visitant. Most 

 abundant in the eastern and southern parts of the kingdom. Frequents 

 the sea coast, and also inland marshes. Retires northward in February 

 and March to breed. Said to lay from eight to ten eggs. Food, similar 

 to that of the last. 



