60^ CLASS AVES. 



with a brown mantle, undulated with grey, and the 

 bill entirely orange. Ans. CinereuSy Meyer, Albin, 

 90. Naum. 1st Ed. pi. 41, f. 60. But there is 

 another species, nearly allied to this, which comes to 

 us in autumn, and may be known by the greater 

 length of its wings, and by some white spots on the 

 forehead ; its bill is orange, but black at the base 

 and at the tip. Bean Goosey Lath. Anas, Segeter, 

 Meyer, Enl. 985. Frisch. 155. Naum. 1, c. 42. 

 f. 61. 



We add, 



Anser Rufescens, Brehm, 



Dark ash ; beneath whitish, strongly tinged with 

 rusty ; wings, not reaching to the tip of the tail ; bill, 

 short, straight, hardly depressed, black and orange. 

 Iceland. 



Anser Medius, Temm. Anser 

 Cineraceus, Brehm. 



Dark ash ; beneath whitish ; rump, blackish ; wings, 

 when closed, reaching to the tip of the tail ; bill and 

 feet, yellow. Length, twenty-three inches. Arctic 

 Circle. 



We see often enough in winter, 



IVhite-fronted Goose. Anas Albifrons. Gm. Edw. 

 153. Naum. 1st Ed. 43, f 62. 



Grey, with a black belly, and white forehead. 



The north of both continents produces a fourth 

 species. 



