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BEENICLA RUFICOLLIS. 



(RED-BREASTED GOOSE.) 



Die Moppelgans (Anser peregrinus), Fritsch, Vorstell. Vog. Deutschl. Suppl. pi. 157 (1763). 



Anser ruficollis, Pall. Spicil. Zool. vi. p. 21, tab. v. (1769). 



Anas torguata, S. G. Gmel. Eeise Bussl. ii. p. 179, pi. 14 (1774). 



Die Icleine Kaszarka, Lepech. Beis. Buss. Eeiches, 11. Anhang, p. 183 (1775). 



Anas ruficollis (Pall.), Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 511 (1788). 



Anas torquata (S. G. Gmel.), Gmel. torn. cit. p. 514 (1788). 



Bernicla ruficollis (Pall.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Mufibrenta ruficollis (Pall.), Bp. Comptes Eend. xliii. p. 648 (1856). 



Bemache a con roux, French; Bothals-Gans, German; Boodhalsgans, Dutch; Speilgaas, 

 Danish; Tschakwoi, Eussian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, pi. 34 ; Kjeerb. Orn. Dan. taf. 45 ; Frisch. Vog. Deutschl. Suppl. 

 taf. 157; Naumann. Vog. Deutschl. taf. 293; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 82. fig. 2; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 351 ; id. B. of G. Brit. v. pi. 6 ; Pall. I. c. 



<j nitide niger : plaga lorali, macula suboculari et fascia ab oculo postico ducta usque ad colli latera alba, et 

 faciem lateraliter transeunte, plagam magnam castaneam auricularem circumeunte, albis : gutture toto 

 cum fascia lata per genas medias traducta et oculum circumeunte nigris : pectore antico et collo laterali 

 undique lsete castaneis, torquem collarem interruptum formantibus : fascia corpus anticum circumeunte, 

 alba, : corpore reliquo nigro, vix virescenti nitente : tectricibus alarum albican ti marginatis : uropygii 

 lateribus et tectricibus supracaudalibus cum abdomine toto et corporis lateribus, pure albis : hypo- 

 chondriis nigro et albo fasciatis : subalaribus nigris. 



Altera avis adulta mento albido et gutture imo albo nigro variegato, nee omnino nigro, diifert. 



2 mari similis, sed omnino sordidior : plaga auriculari fuscescente paullo rufescente et albo lavato : tectricibus 

 marginibus grisescenti-albidis : cauda. albo terminata : pectore nigricante, parte media albicante. 



<3 jun. similis praecedenti, sed nigredine gutturis magis extensa paullulum rufo lavata,. 



Adult Male in breeding-dress. Entire crown of the head, extending from the forehead far on the back of 

 the neck, black ; entire throat, fore part of the cheeks and a band encircling the eye and joining the 

 crown, also black ; a large loral patch, a spot under the eye, and a broad stripe extending backwards 

 from the hinder part of the eye onto the sides of the neck, and another stripe extending downwards onto 

 the neck and then proceeding backwards and joining the sides of the neck, pure white ; a very large 

 auricular patch deep chestnut, entirely surrounded by the before-mentioned white line ; on the throat 

 the black narrows in the centre of the lower portion ; the whole of the fore part of the chest, and sides 

 of the neck extending far backwards and forming an interrupted collar, deep brick-red ; a narrow white 



