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N ATA TORES. 



ANATID^J. 



THE RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



Anser rujicollis. 



Anas rujicollis, Red-breasted Goose, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 241. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 297. 



Anser FLEM. Brit. An. p. 128. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 275. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 225. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Anas Oie a cou roux, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 826. 

 Anser pt. iv. p. 522. 



BUT little is known of the habits of this beautiful species, 

 which appears to be very rare, except in the extreme 

 northern parts of Asia and Siberia, its migrations in sum- 

 mer extending to the shores of the Frozen Ocean, where it 

 is said to breed and rear its young. According to M. 



