26 BEAN GOOSE. 



is also a white space, surrounded by a band of blackish- 

 brown feathers : the rest of the head and neck are of 

 an ashy-brown : the feathers of the back, the scapu- 

 lars, the wing-coverts, and the sides of the body are 

 dull brown, tipped with reddish-brown : the quills 

 are black ; the secondaries are tipped with white : 

 the breast and belly are whitish, varied with several 

 black feathers. The female is less, the white on the 

 forehead is less extended, and all the colours are 

 more clear. 



Inhabits the marshes and heaths of the Arctic 

 Circle, where it breeds : it visits the marshes of Hol- 

 land in the autumn, and the fens of this country in 

 the winter in small flocks, especially in severe weather : 

 it also frequents Germany, the interior of France, 

 Siberia, Russia, and parts of North America in the 

 vicinity of Hudson's Bay, where it was found by Cap- 

 tain Franklin during his disastrous journey towards 

 the Arctic Sea. Its eggs are not known, as it breeds 

 too far north, and out of the reach of observation. 



BEAN GOOSE. 

 (Anser segetum.) 



AN. cinereo-fiisca subtus albida, alts griseis, tectricibus majoribus 



remigibusque secundariis apice albis, rostro nigro fascia au- 



rantia. 

 Ashy-brown Goose beneath whitish, with the wings grey, the 



greater coverts and secondary quills white at the tips, the beak 



black, with an orange fascia. 



