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COSCOROBA GOOSE. 

 (Anser Coscoroba.) 



AN. rostro cxtremo dilatato, corpore albo. 



Goose with the tip of the beak dilated, the body white. 



Anas Coscoroba. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 503. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



835. 

 Coscoroba Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 245. 



DESCRIBED by Molina, who says it is of a large 

 size : that it is wholly white, except the beak and 

 legs, which are red : the eyes of a fine black. 



It inhabits Chili, and is much esteemed from its 

 tameness in confinement. 



HYBRID GOOSE. 

 (Anser hybrida.) 



AN. rostro semici/Hndrico, cerd rubrd, caudd acutiuscidd. 

 Goose with the beak semicylindric, the cere red, the tail sharp- 



poiuted. 

 Anas hybrida. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 502. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



835. 

 Hybrid Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 345. 



ABOUT the size of the Wild Goose : the male is 

 of a pure white, with the beak and legs yellow : the 

 beak is half cylindrical : the cere red. The plumage 



