Class II. RED BREASTED GOOSE. 241 



difference consisting in the feathers next the bill, 

 and on the throat and breast being brown. We 

 have the greater reason to imagine it to be so 

 as Mr. Brunnich informs us that the Danish 

 and Norwegian names for this bird are B.ad- 

 gaas and Raatgaas, which agree with those 

 given it by Mr. JVillughby. Mr. IVillughby, ' 

 Mr. Ray, and M. Brisson very properly de- 

 scribe the Bernacle and Brent as difterent spe- 

 cies, but Linnaeus* makes them synonymous, 

 and describes the true Bernacle as the female 

 of the White fronted goose. 



Anas ruficollis. A. nigra, collo Anser ruficollis. Pall. Spic. 8. Red 

 rufo, corpore subtus macula vi. 21. tab. 4. breasted. 



ante oculos strlgaqiie longi- Gm. Lin. 5\l. '^ 



tudinali colli utrinque albis. Bewick Br. Birds, ii. 289- 



Lath.Ind.orn %^\.id.Sy'ii. Red breasted Goose. Arct. ■ ' 



vi.453. Zo<>/. ii. 298. i^f.:i? 



TIOX. 



[THE length of this species is one foot ten Descri 

 inches ; the extent three feet ten inches ; the 

 weight three pounds. The bill is short and 

 black ; between its base and the eyes is a great 

 patch of white, bounded by black ; the crown, 

 chin, hind part of the head and neck, back, 

 wings, and tail, are of an intense black ; the 



* Faun. Suec. \\Q. 

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