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NATATORES. 



ANATID.E. 



AN ATI DM. 



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THE RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



Anser ruficollis. 



Anas ruficollis, Red-breasted Goose, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 241. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii p. 297. 



Anser FLEM. Brit. An. p. 128. 



,, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 275. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 225. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



Anas Oie a cou rouse, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 826. 



Anser pt. iv. p. 522. 



BUT little is known of the habits of this beautiful species, 

 which appears to be very rare, except in the extreme 

 northern parts of Asia and Siberia, its migrations in sum- 

 mer extending to the shores of the Frozen Ocean, where it 



