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person who supplies it with food. MoUini states it to 

 he of a large size; with the bill and legs red, the eyes of 

 a fine black, and the plumage entirely white. Nothing is 

 said of the female. No figure exists ; nor does this bird 

 appear to be known to any of the ornithologists of 

 Europe. 



The Southern Goose. 

 Anas Antarctica, Latham. 

 Body blackish, crossed by transverse white lines, slender 

 on the head and neck, and broader beneath : wing 

 . covers white ; speculum green, edged with white. 



Antarctic Goose, Lath. Synop. of Birds, \i. 442. Gen. Hist. 

 X. 228. 



This is another of the obscure geese of the southern 

 hemisphere, said to inhabit Christmas Sound in Terra 

 del Fuego, and is thus described by Latham : — 



" Smaller than a tame goose ; weight sixteen (? ) pounds. 

 Bill narrow, short, and black : the whole plumage of a 

 dazzling snowy whiteness. The female has a reddish 

 flesh-coloured bill: the head, neck, and body black, 

 crossed with transverse whit& lines ; those of the head 

 and neck very minute, but grow broader as they pro- 

 ceed downwards : the middle of the back plain black ; 

 wing covers white : on the bend of the wing, a blunt 

 knob ; speculum green, edged outwardly with blue r 

 legs yellow." 



This must be a particularly beautiful bird ; and, from 

 its inhabiting the colder regions of America, might pro- 

 bably be acchmated in this country without much diffi- 

 culty. 



The Bustard Goose. 



Anas leucoptera, Lath. Syn. of Birds, vi. 440. Gen. Hist. 

 X. 2*29. 



As Brown, in his Illustrations above cited, is the 

 only author as yet who appears to have figured this 



