RED-BREASTED GOOSE 



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this species appears to breed generally or always within the Arctic Circle, although 

 comparatively little is known with regard to its nesting haunts 



BERXICLE GEESE. 



Red-Breasted A third member of the group, the red-breasted goose (B. 



Goose. rtificollis), is characterised by the black head, with a white patch 



in front of the eye, and the deep chestnut of the throat and breast, the 



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