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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



of the bill being pink ; the legs and feet are also pink. 

 Length, from twenty-eight to twenty-nine inches. 



Wlbite^frontefc (Boose. 



THE White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons> Scopoli) is a 

 common, though local, autumn and winter migrant to the 

 British Islands. It is also found in summer in the Northern 

 Palearctic Region, and in autumn migrates southward to 

 Northern Africa and India. The adult has the upper part 

 of plumage brown, tinged with ashy; feathers on back have 

 paler margins; base of upper mandible and forehead, white ; 

 primaries, black ; breast and abdomen, brownish-white, with 

 bold blotches and bands of black; irides, hazel; bill, yellow; 

 nail at tip, white; legs, toes, and webs, yellow. Length, 



