COMMON BERNCLE. 



(Bernicla erythropus.) 



BE. cinerea supra nigro alboque undulata, collo nigro, Jacie abdo- 



mineque albis. 

 Ash-coloured Bernicle waved above with black and white, the 



neck black, the face and abdomen white. 

 Anas erythropus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 197. Gmel Syst. Nat. 



1.512. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 843. 

 Anser leucopus. Becks. Temni. man. I. c. 

 Bernicla. Briss. Orn. 6. 300. Young. 

 Bernicla minor. Briss. Orn. 6. 302. Old female. 

 La Bernache. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 93./. 5. Buff. PL Enl. 



855. 



Oie Bernache. Temm. man. dOrn. 530. Id. 2 Edit. Si. 823. 

 Canada Goose. Alb. Birds, I. pi. 92. 

 Bernicle, or Clakis. Penn. Brit. Zoo/. 2. 269. Penn. Ard. Zoo/. 



2. 479. Hayes, Brit. Birds, \. pi. 24. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 



466. Lew. Brit. Birds, 1. pi. 242. Wale. Syn. 1. pi. 62. 



Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 307. 



Bing. Anim. Biog. ii. 330. 



ABOUT twenty-six inches in length: the beak is 

 black : the hides dusky-brown : the forehead, sides 

 of the head, and the throat, are of a pure white : be- 

 tween the beak and the eye is a small blackish streak : 

 the occiput, nape, neck, top of the breast, quills, and 

 tail are deep black: the feathers of the back, the scapu- 

 lars, and the wings are greyish-ash at their base, and 

 have a broad black band towards their tip, and the 

 tips themselves are greyish-white: all the under parts 

 of the plumage are pure white, except the feathers 

 on the sides of the body, which are slightly tinged 



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