WHITE- WINGED BERSICLE. 



(Bernicla loticoptcra.) 



BK. corpore ulbo, supra nigro transversim lineato, speculo alarum 



viridi, rostro pcdibusque nigris. 

 Dcrnicle with the body white, lineated transversely above with 



black, speculum of the wing green, the beak and legs black. 

 Anas leucoptera. Gmel. Syst. Nut. 1. 505. Lath. Iml. Or,i. '2. 



835. 



L'Oie des Malouines. Kuff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 69. 

 White-winged Antarctic Goose. Brown, Illust.pl. 40. 

 Bustard Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 440. 



" LENGTH from thirty-two to forty inches : beak 

 scarcely two inches in length, and black : head, neck, 

 lesser wing-coverts, and under parts of the body, 

 white : the lower part of the neck behind, and as far as 

 the middle of the back, crossed with numerous dusky 

 black lines: side over the thighs the same : the greater 

 wing-coverts black, tipped with white, forming a bar 

 of white on the wing : at the bend a blunt knob : 

 second quills part black, part white; prime ones dusky 

 black : speculum dark green : the two middle tail- 

 feathers black ; the rest white : the legs black. In- 

 habits Falkland Isles, where it is called the Bustard 

 Goose. It stands pretty high upon its legs, which 

 serve to elevate it above the tall grass, and its long 

 neck to observe any danger : it walks and flies with 

 great ease, and has not that disagreeble cackling cry 

 peculiar to the rest of its kind : it generally lays 

 six eggs : the flesh is wholesome, nourishing, and 

 fattening." Latham. 



