Class II. BERNACLE GOOSE. 



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Anas erythropus. A. cinerea 

 supra nigro alboque undu- 

 lata, collo nigro, facie ab- 

 dominequealbis. Lath, hid- 

 orn. 843. id. Syn. vi. 466. 



L'Oye nonnette ou Cravant. 

 Belon av. 158. 



Brenta, vel Bernicla. Gesner 



av. log. no. 



Aldr. av. iii. 73. Phil. Tr. ii. 



853. 

 Bernacle, or Clakis. JVil. orn. 

 Rail Syn. av. 137- 

 Silb. hist. Scot. 21. 

 Gerard's Herhal. 1587. 



La Bernache. Brisson av. vi. 6. Bernacle. 



300. Hist, d'ois. ix. g3. PL 



Enl. 855. * 



Anas Erythropus (mas,) Lin. 



Sysf. 197. 

 Gm. Lin. 512. ?..\«>?>'fo\vH .' . 



Fiaellgas. Faun. Suec. sp. llQ 

 Schotdsche Gans. Frisch, ii, 



189. _ .-:;',, ■ ';; ' ' ^- • 



Anser breiidinus. Cdii opiisc. 



87- 

 Crantzs Greenl. i. 80. 

 Br. Zool. 150. Q. Arcf. Zool 



ii. 275. 



XHIS bird weighs about five pounds; the Descrip- 

 length is two feet one inch; the breadth four 

 feet five inches. The bill is black, and only one 

 inch three-eighths long ; the head is small ; the 

 forehead and cheeks white ; from the bill to the 

 eyes is a black line ; the hind part of the head, 

 the whole neck, and upper part of the breast 

 and back, are of a deep black ; the whole under- - 

 side of the body, and coverts of the tail are 

 white; the back, scapulars and coverts of the 

 wings, are beautifully barred with grey, black, 

 and white ; the tail is black ; the legs of the 

 same color, and small. 



