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Forehead, cheeks, and throat, white. Between the bill General 

 and eyes is a narrow black streak. Crown of the head, tion. nP 

 neck, and breast, black. Back, wing-coverts, and sea- A( *ult. 

 pulars, fine french-grey > passing into brownish-black 

 towards the tips of the feathers, which are white. 

 Greater quills greyish-black, except the lower part of 

 the outer web in each, which is light grey. Upper tail- 

 coverts white. Tail black. Under parts silvery- white ; 

 undulated upon the flanks with ash-grey. Tibiae clothed 

 with black feathers. Bill black. Legs and toes black. 

 Tubercle near the bend of the wing prominent. 



The female resembles the male bird. 



The young of the year have the streak between the bill Young, 

 and eye much broader than the adults ; and the fore- 

 head is spotted with black. The under parts are not 

 of so pure a white ; and the flanks are of a more uni- 

 form ash-grey. The upper parts of the body are darker, 

 and the tips of the feathers are margined with reddish- 

 white. Legs black, tinged with reddish-brown. 



BRENT GOOSE. 



ANSER BRENTA, Flem. 

 PLATE XLV. 



Anser Brenta, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 127- sp. 199. 



Anas Bernicla, Linn. Syst. 1198. 13 Gmel. Syst. 1. 513 Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 844. sp. 32 Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 121. pi. T2. f. 1. 

 Bernicla Brenta, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 46. 



Brenta, Bnss. Orn. 6. 304. 16. p. 31. Ran Syn. 130. 8 Will. 275. t. 69. 

 Le Cravant, Buff. Ois. 9. pi. 87. 

 Oie Cravant, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. 824. 



Ringel Gans, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 911 Meyer, Tasschenb. 2. 558. 

 Brent or Brand Goose, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 579, No. 270. Arct. Zool. 2. 



No. 478. Albin's Birds, 1. pi. 93 Will. Angl. 360. Lath. Syn. 8. 467. 



21.Lewin's Br. Birds, 7. pi. 243 Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. & Sup. Bewick's 



Br. Birds, ed. 1826, t. 300 Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 145. pi. 92. f. 1. mas. 

 Brent Bernicle, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 46. 



PROVINCIAL Rat or Road Goose, Clatter Goose, Horra Goose, Juink 

 Goose, Ware Goose. 



