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CLASS AVES. 



The Bernacle^ or Clakis. Lath. An. Erythropos, 

 Gm. ; or better An. Leucopsis. Bech. Enl. 855. 

 Frisch. 189. Naum. 1, c. 39, f. 77- 



The mantle is ash-colour ; the neck black ; the fore- 

 head, cheeks, throat and belly, white ; the bill is 

 black ; and the feet grey. 



Brent Goose. An. Berfiicla. Gm. Enl. 342, and 

 better Frisch. 156. Naum. 1, c. 39, f. 78. Wil- 

 son, 8, 72, 1. 



Is from the same country. Its head, neck, and 

 quills of the wings, are black ; the mantle, grey- 

 brown ; a spot on each side of the upper part of the 

 neck, and the under part of the tail, are white ; the 

 bill is black j the feet brown. 



The Bernicla Torquata, Boie. 



Some have the bend of the wing spurred. They 

 form the genus Chenalopew, Steph. 



Egyptian Goose. An. ^gyptica. Gm. Enl. 379, 

 982, and 3. 



Remarkable for the brightness of its colours, and 

 the small spur on the wings ; belongs also to this 

 subgenus. It may be brought up in domestication, 

 but has always an inclination to fly away. It is 

 the Chenalopex, or Fox Goose, revered by the 



