266 NATATORES. ANSER. WILD GOOSE. 



thin sharp cutting edges, and the manner in which they lock 

 within each other, renders the bill an instrument beautifully 

 adapted for vegetable food. 



PLATE 42. represents this bird of the natural size. 

 General Head and upper part of the neck brown, tinged with 

 tion. grey ; the feathers of the latter being disposed in lines, 



and giving it a furrowed appearance. Lower part of 

 the neck, breast, belly, and abdomen ash-grey, with 

 deeper transverse shades of the same colour. Vent and 

 under tail- coverts white. Back and scapulars clove- 

 brown, tinged with grey ; each feather being margined 

 with greyish-white. Wing-coverts ash-grey. Second- 

 aries clove-brown, with white edges and tips. Primary 

 quills greyish-black. Rump deep grey. Upper tail- 

 coverts white. Tail clove-brown, with the feathers 

 deeply edged and tipped with white. Bill having the 

 central part and edges of the upper mandible flesh- (or 

 sometimes tile-) red ; the base and nail black. Legs 

 and toes inclining to orange-red, but varying in depth of 

 colour according to the age of the bird. Wings, when 

 closed, reaching beyond the end of the tail. 



WHITE-FRONTED WILD-GOOSE. 



ANSER ERYTHROPUS, Flem. 



PLATE XLIII. 



Anser Erythropus, Flem. Br. An. 1. 127- sp. 197. 



Anas Erythropus, Linn. Syst. 1. 197. 11. Temm. Faun. Suec. 116. 



Anser albifrons, Steph. Shaw's ZooL 12 25. 



Anas albifrons, Gmel. Syst. 1. 509 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 842. 27. 



Anser septentrionalis sylvestris, Briss. Orn, 6. 269. 



L'Oie rieuse, Buff. Ois. 9. 81 Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. 821. 



Blassen Gans, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 898 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 



2. 555. 

 Laughing Goose, Edward, Glean, pi. 153. Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 127- 



sp. 197. 



