230 



ALLEN S NATURALISTS 





generally take the form of a V when flying in flocks or 

 parties 



Nest. The Grey , a somewhat early br, 



nesting in Ma- ud in Scandinavia in 



c.ture, composed oi 



stick or two added 

 n a foot high and a yar 

 lined with moss, t 

 , 



; pure white, but soon 

 i :ite, some of the eggs appear- 



ing al >y of a dirty yellowish-white colour. 



Axis r 3-25-3-55 inches; diam., 2-1-2-55. 



; HE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. ANSER ALBIFRONS. 



I'lfrons, Scop. Ann." I. Hist. Nat. p. 69, No. 87 

 69). 



, Macg. Br. B. iv. p. 609 (1852); Dresser, B. 

 p. 375, pi. 414 (1878); B. O. U. List Br. }. 

 : Saunders, ed. Yarr. Br. B. iv. p. 261 (18 

 i. iii. p. 505 (1885); Saunders, Man. Br. 



ford, Col. Fig. Br. B. pt. x. (18 

 Sal--. :2 (1895). 











u'e extensively marl 

 site nail . 



ibling that of 



:* bluish- ( Ci 

 "tser, an-: I 

 >roader v. 

 . ; the maiv 



- id and fa 

 s in A. anse:\ 

 ck; bill orange-y 

 .s orange ; iris dark 



n. Total length, ^i, 175; wing, 16 



rsus, 2*65. 



