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ANATIDjE. 



Anser torquatus, Naum. xi. p. 393; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 164 j 



id. ed. 3, iii. p. 169. 

 Anser brentaj Hewitson, p. 389. 

 Anser bernicla, Harting, p. 61. 

 The Brent Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 75. 



Brenta, a mediseval word (Brania in Gesner and Aldrovandus) ; probably the 

 same as our "Brent" (i. e. burnt Goose), from its generally charred appearance. 



The Brent Goose occurs on the coasts of the United King- 

 dom, especially in the north, from autumn to spring. It 

 inhabits the Palsearctic and Nearctic Regions, breeding in 

 the extreme north. 



Bernicla leucopsis. Barxacle Goose. 



Anas leucopsis, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 424 



(1803). 



Bernicla leucopsis, Macg. iv. p. 622; Gray, p. 184; Gould, 



y. pi. 5 ; Dresser, vi. p. 397. 

 Anser leucopsis, Naum. xi. p. 378; Hewitson, p. 388; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 161 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 166 ; Harting, p. 61. 

 The Bernicle Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 72. 



Leucopsis = white-faced ; from Xeu/cos + oi^is. 



A visitant from autumn to spring to the coasts of the 

 United Kingdom, especially in the north. It inhabits the 

 North-western Palsearctic Eegion and Greenland, ranging 

 southwards in winter to Spain, Egypt, and Palestine. Its 

 exact breeding-ground has not yet been ascertained. 



[Bernicla canadensis. Cah-ada Goose. 

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

 Anser canadensis, Macg. iv. p. 614 ; Hewitson, p. 391 ; 

 Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 181 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 185 ; Harting, 

 p. 61. 

 Bernicla canadensis. Gray, p. 185 ; Gould, Introd. p. cxxii. 

 Canada Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 91. 

 Canadensis = of Canada, 



