()1< SEMIPALMATED BERNICLE. 



green, bounded on each side with white, but beneath 

 the white is broader than above : the outer webs of 

 the scapulars are black : but the most distinguishing 

 character is, that the feathers of the breast have the 

 ends of a pale silvery grey, and on each side of the 

 grey a spot of blackish, giving that part an undulated 

 appearance, spotted with black : the wings, when 

 closed, do not reach quite to the end of the tail : the 

 legs are brown. The female differs in having the 

 vent white instead of black, and the green speculum 

 on the wings smaller and less conspicuous. Inha- 

 bits New South Wales ; frequently met with about 

 Hawksbury River, and now and then observed perched 

 upon trees." 



SEMIPALMATED BERNICLE. 



(Bernicla semipalmata.) 



BE. grisea, capite collojemoribusquejusco-nigris, collari uropygio 



corporeque subtus albis, pedibus semipalmatis. 

 Grey Bernicle with the head, neck, and thighs brown-black, the 



collar, rump, and body beneath white, the legs half-webbed. 

 Anas semipalmata. Linn. Trans, iv. 103. Lath. Ind. Orn. App. 



Ixix. 

 Anser semipalmata. Vieil. 2 Edit. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat, 



t. 23. p. 343. 

 Semipalmated Goose. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 347-^. 139. 



THIS singular bird, which probably constitutes a 

 distinct genus, and appears to connect the Geese with 

 the Cereopsis, is thus described by Latham in his 



