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hind each eye ; the upper part of the breast is dusky 

 red ; the back and wings are dusky ; the sides and 

 lower part of the breast are black; the belly and 

 tail-coverts white ; the legs dusky. 



7. ANSER. GREY LAG-GOOSE, OR WILD GOOSE. 



A. rostro semicylindrico, corpore supra cinereo sub- 

 tus pallidiore, collo striato. Lath. 



The bill is yellow, with a white nail ; the general 

 plumage is grey ; the secondaries black ; the vent 

 and tail-coverts snowy white ; the legs flesh colour. 



The length is 2 feet 9 inches. 



Origin of the domestic goose. 



8. SEGETUM. BEAN-GOOSE, OR SMALL 

 GREY GOOSE. 



A. cinereo-fusca subtus albida, alls griseis, tectrici- 

 bus majoribus remiyibusque secundariis apice 

 albis. Lath. 



The bill is orange, except the nail, which is black ; 

 the irides are rufous-brown ; the head, neck, and 

 under parts as far as the legs are cinereous brown ; 

 the forehead is speckled with white, behind which the 

 feathers are dusky brown ; (a callous knob upon the 

 elbow of each wing) the back ash colour ; the lower 



