BRENT GOOSE. 



NAT A TORES. 



THE BRENT GOOSE. 



Anser torquatus. 



Anas bernida, Brent Goose, 



Anser brenta, 



torquatus, 

 brenta, 



Anas bernida, 



Anser 



Oie cravant, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 239. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 317. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 127. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith, vol. ii. p. 271. 

 JENTNS, Brit. Yert. p. 224. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 824. 

 pt. iv. p. 522. 



OF the various species of Geese that visit the British 

 Islands, this is the smallest as well as the most numerous, 

 and possesses also for us the agreeable advantage of being 

 a good bird for the table. It is a regular winter visitor 

 to the shores of most of our maritime counties, and remains 

 with us through all the cold months of the year, particu- 

 larly on the east and south coast. It is seldom seen on 



