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NATATORES. 



ANATIDJ). 



AN ATI DTE. 



THE BRENT GOOSE. 

 Anser torquatus. 



Anas bernicla, Brent Goose, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 239. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 317. 



Anser brenta, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 127- 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 271. 



torquatus, JKNYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 224. 



brenta, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvii. 



Anas bernicla, Oie cravant, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 824. 

 Anser pt. iv. p. 522. 



OF the various species of Geese that visit the British Is- 

 lands, this is the smallest as well as the most numerous, 

 and possesses also for us the agreeable advantage of being 

 a good bird for the table. It is a regular winter visiter 

 to the shores of most of our maritime counties, and remains 



