BERNICLE GOOSE. 



NATATORES. 



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 ANATID/K. 





THE BERNICLE GOOSE. 



Anser leucopsis. 



Anas erythropus, Bernade Goose, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 237. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 319. 



Anser Iwnicla, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 127. 



Berniclc SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 268. 



leucopsis, Common Bernick Goose, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 224. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 



Anas Oie bernache, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 823. 



Anser pt. iv. p. 520. 



THE BERNICLE GOOSE is another winter visiter to the 

 British Islands, appearing in considerable flocks, particu- 

 larly when the weather is severe, and is considered to be 

 more abundant on the western coasts than on those of the 

 east; they are naturally wild and shy, but when made 



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