RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



SIBERIAN GOOSE. BED-BREASTED BERNICLE. 



Anser nificollis, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Anas ruficollis, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Anstr A Goose. Ruficollis. JlvfusRed. CollisA neck. 



THIS handsome species belongs to the northern districts of 

 Europe and Asia, and breeds in Siberia and Russia, along 

 the shores of the Frozen Ocean. In Iceland it has been 

 noticed, and also in Denmark and Jutland, in flocks of four 

 or five. In Sweden, according to Professor Nilsson, it 

 occurred once in 1793, and once in 1830. In France, only 

 one example appears as yet to have been noticed: it was 

 obtained near Strasbourg. In Holland likewise only one; in 

 Belgium one; and in Germany one. In Asia, several were 

 observed about Persia, and in the neighbourhood of the 

 Caucasian range. 



In this country the first recorded specimen was taken near 

 London, during the hard frosts of the year 1766, and was 

 obtained by Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. The next was cap- 

 tured about the same time near Wycliffe, the 'cunabuJa 

 gentis' of the Great Reformer, whose family derived its name 

 from that place, in Yorkshire. Another was shot near the 

 town of Berwick-on-Tweed. In Norfolk, one at Halvergate, 

 in the year 1805. In the county of Cambridge, others 

 during the hard winter of 1813. In Devonshire, one was 

 killed at Kenton Warren, in 1828; and another by the 

 River Teign, February the 1st., 1837. 



In winter this Goose moves to warmer regions. ' 



These birds appear to be considered very good eating. 

 They soon become tame in confinement. 



