46 BRENT BERNICLE. 



reflected over the lamella?, and obstruct the view of 

 them. Many of the species have the bend of the 

 wing armed with a blunt knob ; others have the webs 

 of the toes greatly divided, and lead us on to the 

 succeeding group, or tribe, Cereopsis ; these may 

 probably constitute a new genus, as their habits are 

 very different from those of the rest of the Berni- 

 cles ; and they delight to perch upon trees, after the 

 manner of some of the true Ducks. 



A. Digilis anterioribus latb palmatis. 



A. With the anterior toes entirely webbed. 



BRENT BERNICLE. 



(Bernicla Brenta.) 



BE.yM.ytvz, capite collo pectoreque nigris, collari albo. 



Brown Bernicle, with the head, neck, and breast black, collar 



white. 

 Anas Bernicla. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 198. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



513. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 844. 

 Brenta. Briss. Orn. 6. 304. pi. 31. 

 Le Cravant. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 87. Buff: PI. Enl. 342. 



Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1.531. 



Oie Cravant. Temm. man. d'Orn. 531. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 824. 

 Brent, or Brand Goose. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 2/0. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. 2. 478. Alb. Birds, 1. pi. 93. Hayes, Brit. Birds, 1. 



pi. 25. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 467. Lew. Brit. Birds, 7. pi. 243. 



Wale. Syn. l.pl. 63. Mont. Orn. Diet. \. and Sup. Bevu. 



Brit. Birds, 2. 311. Wils. Amer. Orn.vm.p. 131. pi. Ixxii. 



