224 



BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



bluish-grey; narrow band of white at base of upper 

 mandible; throat and breast, grey; below, dull white; 

 flanks, ashy-brown, margined and tipped with paler brown ; 

 irides, brown ; bill, pinkish ; whitish coloured nail ; legs 

 and feet, flesh tint. Length, from thirty to thirty-five 

 inches. The female resembles male. The young are 

 darker than mature birds. 



Bean (Boose. 



THE Bean Goose (Anser segetum, Gmelin) is a common 

 autumn and winter migrant to the British Islands, and 

 inhabits the Northern Palearctic Region. In autumn it 



