196 GEESE. 



GEESE. 



There are six wild sorts which visit Great Bri- 

 tain. 



* BEAN GOOSE. 



A variety of the common one. 



* BERNACLE, TREEGOOSE, or CLARIS. Anas erythropus 



La bernacle. 



Most common in Scotland and Ireland. 



* BRENT GOOSE. Anas bernicla Le cravant. 



To kill Brent geese by day, get out of sight in a 

 small punt at low water, and keep as near as possible 

 to the edge of the sea. You will then hear them 

 coming, like a pack of hounds in full cry, and they 

 will repeatedly pass within fair shot, provided you 

 are well concealed, and the weather is windy to make 

 them fly low. Before you fire at them, spring 

 suddenly up, and these awkward birds will be in 

 such a fright as to hover together, and present a 

 mark like a barn door. 



COMMON WILD GOOSE, GREYLAG. Anas anserL'oie 

 sauvage. 



This, for the market or table, is a far inferior bird 

 to the Bernacle, or even the Brent goose, and has 

 but little to recommend it farther than the pleasure 

 of killing it. The common GRAY wild geese may 



