Class II. 



BRENT GOOSE. 



goose, and very delicate food : in both respects 

 suiting his account of the Chetieros.* 



mg 



Anas Bemicla. A. fusca, ca- 



pite collo pectoreque nigris, 



collarialbo. Lath. Ind. orn. 



844. id. Syn. vi. 467- 

 Les Canes de Mer. Belon av. 



166. 

 Aldr. av. iii. 73. 

 Wil. orn. 360. 

 Raii Syn. av. 137- 

 Bernacle. Nat. hist. Ireland. 



192. 

 Brenta, le Cravant. Brisson 



av. vi. 304. tah. 31. Hist. 



dois. ix. 87. PI- Enl. 342. 



Anas Bernicla. Gm. Lin. 513. 

 Belgis Rotgans, Calmariensi- 



hus Pnitgas. Faun. Suec. sp. 



115. 

 CiwztTZiRay-v.Rad-Gaas. Nor- 



vegis Raat-v. Raatne-Gaas. 



item Goul-v. Gagl. Bricn- 



7iich, 52. 

 Baum-Gaus. Frisch, ii. 156. 

 Branta Bernicla. Scopoli, No, 



84. 

 Br. Zool. 151. Add, plates. 



O. Arct. Zool. ii. 274. 



7. Brext. 



TlOIf. 



JLHIS is inferior in size to the Bernacle goose. Descru 

 The bill is one inch and an half long • the color 

 of that, the head, neck, and upper part of the 

 breast is black ; on each side the slenderest 

 part of the neck is a white spot; the lower 

 part of the breast, the scapulars, and coverts of 

 the wings are ash colored, clouded with a 

 deeper shade; the feathers above and below 

 the tail are white; the tail and quil feathers 

 black ; the legs black. 



* Anserini generis sunt Chenalopeces : et quibus lautiores, 

 epulas non novit Britannia Chenerotes, fere ansere minores. 

 Lih. X. c. 22. " - ■ 



