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part of the belly, and the upper and under tail- 

 coverts are white; the scapulars are brown ash 

 colour, edged with white ; the greater quill-feathers 

 are black ; the exterior webs are grey ; the secon- 

 daries cinereous-grey, margined with black on the 

 outer webs ; the coverts are grey, the larger ones 

 are tipped with white; the legs are dull orange. 

 (Montagu^ 



9. ALBIFRONS. LAUGHING GOOSE. 

 A. cinerea, j route alba. Lath. 



The bill is yellow red, nail white ; from the base 

 of the bill and corners of the mouth a white patch 

 extends over the forehead ; the head, neck, and 

 upper parts are dark brown; the breast and belly 

 are dirty white, spotted with dusky; the tail is of a 

 hoary ash colour, with a white ring at the base; 

 the legs are yellow. 



10. BERNICLA. BRENT GOOSE. 



A. fusca, capite collo pectoreque nigris, collari albo. 

 Lath. 



The bill is about 1^ inches long and black; the 

 irides are light hazel; the head, neck, quills and 



