WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. C 2d 



itself as long as the head, straighter before than be- 

 hind ; the tips of the lamella?, with which its edges 

 are adorned, appear like pointed teeth : they have 

 the legs planted in the equilibrium of the body, and 

 their tarsi are elongated. They live in meadows and 

 marshes, swim but little, and never dive : their food 

 consists principally of vegetable materials : during 

 their flight they usually proceed in the form of an 

 angle. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



(Anser albifrons.) 



A NT. cinerea,fronle alba. 



Ash-coloured Goose with the forehead white. 



Anas albifrons. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 509- Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 



842. 



Anser septentrionalis sylvestris. Briss. Orn. 6. 269. 

 L'Oie rieuse. Buff. Hist. Nat. 9. 81. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 531. 



Temnt. man. d'Orn. 529. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 821. 

 Laughing Goose. Edic. Glean. pL 153. 

 White-fronted Goose. Penn. Brit. Zool 2. 268. pi. 94. / 1. 



(head.) Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 476. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 463. 



Lerc. Brit. Birds, C. pi. 240. Wale. Syn. 1. pi. 64. Don. 



Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 102. Mont. Orn. Diet. \. Bex. Brit. 



Birds, 2. 305. 



UNDER thirty inches in length : the beak, space 

 round the eyes, and the legs of an orange-yellow : 

 the hook of the beak whitish : the irides brown : on 

 the forehead is a large white space : under the throat 



