VARIEGATED BERNICLE. 



(Bernicla variegata.) 



BE. corpore vnriegato, capitc collo tectricibiisquc alarum albix, 

 specula alarum viridi, rostro pedibusqne nigris. 



Bernicle with the body variegated, the head, neck, and wing- 

 coverts white, the speculum of the wing green, the beak and 

 legs black. 



Anas variegata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 505. Lath. Intl. Orn. 2. 836. 



Variegated Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 441. 



" SIZE of a large Duck : beak an inch and a half 

 long, and black at the base and tip : head, and neck 

 above halfway, white: lower part of the neck and 

 breast deep red-brown, beautifully mottled with white : 

 over the thighs the same : all the under parts marked 

 as the lower part of the neck : rump and vent fer- 

 ruginous : wing-coverts white : secondary quills green : 

 greater quills and tail black : legs black. Inhabits 

 Xcw Zealand : found at Duchy Bay, in April." 

 Latham. 



ANTARCTIC BERNICLE. 



(Beruicla Antarctica.) 



BE. corpore into albo, rostro nigro, pedibusjlavis. 



Bernicle with the entire body white, the beak black, the legs 



yellow. ' 



Auas Antarctica. Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 1 . 505. Lai ft. Lid. Or it. 2. 835- 

 Antarctic Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. C. 4-i>. 



