RED BREASTED GOOSE. Class II. 



sides are marked with a few white spots ; the 

 greater coverts tipt with the same color; the 

 coverts of the tail white ; the lower part and 

 sides of the neck of a bright bay bounded by 

 a narrow line of white ; the breast and lower 

 part of the neck divided from the belly and 

 back by a circle of black and another of white; 

 the legs black. 



Two or three instances only are recorded of 

 this beautiful species having been observed in 

 England. It is supposed to winter in Persia, 

 and is found to breed from the mouth of the 

 Ob, along the coasts of the Icy sea, as far as 

 the river Lena. Its flesh is highly esteemed 

 and is quite free from any fishy taste. Ed. 



