28 WILD GOOSE. 



and uplands with the fens, and ate said to feed on 

 the green corn, which they seem to prefer to any 

 other food. It is more abundant in England than 

 the Wild Goose. 



WILD GOOSE. 



(Anser ferns.) 



AN. cor pore supra cinereo subtus pallidiore, collo striato, rostro 



unicolore. 

 Goose with the body above cinereous, beneath paler, the neck 



striped, the beak of one colour. 

 Anas anser (ferus.) Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 197- Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 



1.510. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 842. 

 L'Oie ordinaire. Cuv. Reg. Anim, 1. 530. 

 Oie cendree, ou premiere. Tetnm. man. d'Orn. 526. Id. 2 Edit. 



ii. 818. 

 Grey-leg Goose. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 47.3. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



2. 266. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 459. Leuin. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 



238. Wale. Syn. 1. pi. 61. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. 



Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 292. 



ABOUT three feet in length : the beak and the 

 membrane of the eyes are of an orange-yellow : the 

 hook of the beak is whitish : the irides are deep 

 brown : the general colour of the plumage is clear 

 ash colour : the top of the back, the scapulars, the 

 middle and greater wing-coverts are ashy-brown, 

 edged with whitish : the lesser coverts, the outer edge 

 of the wings, and the base of the quills, are whitish- 

 ash : the rump is ash colour : the abdomen and under 



