BIRDS OF THE BRITISH' ISLES. 



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migrates to North-West Africa. The adult is similar to the 

 grey-lag goose, but is a little less in size, the wing is longer, 

 and the feathers on the back have much darker brown 

 centres ; irides are hazel ; the beak is black at the base, the 

 middle portion orange-yellow, and the nail black; whilst 

 legs and feet are orange-yellow. Length, from thirty to 

 thirty-four inches. 



|Mnk>footeb (Boose, 



THE Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus, Baillon) is 

 a common autumn and winter migrant to the British Isles, 

 and inhabits the northern portions of the Palearctic Region, 

 in autumn migrating southward. The adult is distinguished 

 from the bean goose by its shorter wing, and the middle 



