BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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darker red. Length, from twenty-nine to thirty-two inches. 

 The female is a little less in size than the male. The 

 young have the upper plumage greyish; feathers on wing- 

 coverts and back, marked in centre with darker grey ; under 

 parts, whitish ; bill, black ; legs and feet, pale slate colour. 



THE Grey-Lag Goose (Anser cinereu*, Meyer) is a com- 

 paratively rare resident in the British Isles, its numbers 

 being largely increased in the winter by visitors from more 

 northern latitudes ; it also inhabits the Palearctic Region, 

 and in winter is found in Northern Africa and India. The 

 adult has the general colour of the head, neck, and upper 

 parts of plumage, greyish-brown ; rump and wing-coverts, 



