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THE BRENT GOOSE. 



The ancient Scottish name of the Brent Goose was the 

 Eood, Eude, or Eute Goose, and we find Queen Mary, in her 

 fifth Parliament (1st of February 1551) fixing the price of 

 this bird at " auchteen pennies." 



The Brent Goose can at once be distinguished from the 

 Bernacle Goose by its black head and the white patch on 

 the side of the neck. Young birds of the year have not the 

 white patch. 





