ANSER. BERNICLA. 117 



by Mr. Mather ('Zoologist/ 1858, p. 5988), but had probably 

 escaped from confinement. An inhabitant of Northern India 

 and Central Asia.] 



[Anser cygnoides. Osinesb Goose. 

 Anas Cygnoides, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 194 (1766) . 

 Anser cygnoides. Gray, p. 187. 



Cygnoidss = like a Swan ; from cygnus = kvkvos, and elSos. 



A Chinese species frequently kept on ornamental waters, 

 whence specimens occasionally escape.] 



Genus CHEN, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Chea = xnv, a Goose, in classical Greek ; cognate with Anser, q. v., p. 115. 



Chen albatus. Cassin's Snow Goose. 



Anser albatus, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 



1856, p. 41. 



Anser albatus, Gould, Tntrod. p. cxxi; Hurting, p. 155. 

 Chen albatus. Dresser, vi. p. 409. 



Albatm = clothed in white, aftM. 



Two obtained near Wexford, and two in co. Mayo, Ireland 

 (Saunders, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 519) . An inhabitant of Western 

 North America. 



Genus BERNICLA, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Bemicla, of uncertain derivation. Max Miiller (' Lectures on the Science of 

 Language,' 2nd series, 1864, pp. 533-551) thinks "barnacles," the cirripeds 

 {" perrmoults "), were confused with the Geese that came from Ireland (" hiber- 

 nicuke ") ; but he adduces no evidence. 



Bernicla brenta. Bebnt Goose. 



Anser brenta, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 229 



(1811). 

 Anas Bernicla, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 198 (1766). 

 Bernicla brenta, Macff. iv. p. 629; Gray, p. 184; Gould, v. 

 pi. 7 ; Dresser, vi. p. 389. 



