BRANTA. 1G3 



Branta leucopsis. BARNACLE-GOOSE. 



Anas leucopsis Beclutein, Oru. Tascbenb. ii. 1803, p. 424: 

 Germany. 



Bernicla leucopsis (Bechst.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 118 ; 



Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 409. 

 Branta leucopsis Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 117. 



Lencopsis white-faced; from Aeueos and 5i//t. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor, 

 most numerous in tbe Outer and Inner Hebrides and on 

 the west coast of Scotland, likewise in the Solway district, 

 Cumberland, and Lancashire, but less frequent southwards 

 to Cornwall. On the east and south coasts it is sparingly 

 met with in severe weather. In Ireland it is rather abundant 

 in the north and north-west and along Dundalk Bay in the 

 east, but rare in the south. To the Shetlands and Orkneys 

 it is a regular autumn visitor, but does not winter in the 

 former islands. 



General Distribution. The Barnacle Goose breeds in 

 north Scoresby Land, eastern Greenland, Spitsbergen, and 

 in limited numbers in the Lofoten Islands. It probably also 

 nests in Iceland, Kolguev, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, 

 and western Siberia. On migration it visits south Greenland, 

 Iceland, the Faeroes, the North sea, and the Baltic. Occasion- 

 ally it wanders to Spain, Italy, Morocco, the Azores, and 

 North America. 



Branta ruficollis. RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



Anser ruficollis Pallas, Spicil. Zool. fasc. vi. 1769, p. 21, 

 tab. iv. : N. Siberia. 



Bernicla ruficollis (Pall.}; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 119; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 407. 

 Branta ruficollis Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 124. 



Ruficollis^ red-necked ; from rvfus and collum. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. 

 Examples have been obtained in Middlesex early in 1776 ; 



