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BERNICLA ANTARCTICA. 



Ber. Miis. — Albus, remigibus primariia apicibus nigris. 



Ber. Fern. — Nigra, dorso subtusque albo transversim strigato; occipite biunneo: rostro aurantiaco. 



ANTARCTIC GOOSE. 



Ber. Mas. white, with the ends of the primary quills black. 



Ber. Fern, black, with the back anil beneath transversely striped with white ; the occiput brown ; 

 the bill orange. 



IN. IN. 



Male : Length 25 ram 2± 



Bill 1 7-12tbs 



Entirely white except the apical half of the primaries, which are ashy black. The back of 

 the head in young birds is tinged with cinereous ; legs orange ; bill (in the preserved specimens we 

 have seen) black, with an orange patch over the nostrils : but Azara says it is orange. 



IN. IN. 



Fern. : Length 26 Inner toe 2 



Bill H Middle 3J 



Tarsi 2| Outer £ 



Neck, breast, and belly black barred with white, the bars minute towards the head ; back 

 part of the head umber brown ; scapulars and primaries very dark brown, sometimes black ; 

 smaller wing coverts and secondaries white ; tertiaries blue green ; tail, lower part of the back, 

 under tail coverts, and thighs, white ; bill and legs orange ; toes and webs black in dried specimens. 



Anas Antarctica Gtnel. Syst. 1. 505. 



Lath. I ml Orn. 2. S35. 



Bernicla Steph. Sh. Zool. 1 'J. 59. 



Anser candidus IV.!!. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. 23. 331. 



En Method, 3. 351. 



Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 38. 



Ganso Blanco Azara Tarax del Paraguay, 3. 406. 



Die anarctque, fan Voy. de la ( 'oquille, pi. 50. 



Antarctic Goose Loth. Gen. Syn. (>'. 442. 



The male of this species appears to have been first discovered by Azara. A good plate of 

 the female will be found in the " Voyage de la Cocpiille." It inhabits South America and the 

 adjoining islands, frequenting the sea coast and the lowlands adjoining, from whence it is called by 

 Mr. Darwin, in his amusing Journal, the Lowland Goose. For the trachea from which our figure 

 is taken we are indebted to the above-named friend. The bulb of the inferior larynx is not flattened 

 above as in the last bird, but altogether bears considerable resemblance to it and the wading ducks, 

 from which latter, in common with all other geese, it may be distinguished by the rings of the 

 trachea being more massive, and also by the form of the tube, which is always contracted towards 

 the inferior larynx, while in the wading ducks it always expands in that part. 



The flesh is not good food. Skins of both sexes are in the museum of the Zoological Society, 

 brought home by Capt. King. 



