ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 8 5 
In Russia the Bean Goose arrives in enormous flocks of several 
hundreds, and probably breeds in the northern latitudes. It 
has nothing special to recommend it as an ornamental water- 
fowl, being much less pleasing in appearance than its cousin, 
the Pink-footed Goose. 
Male.—Head and neck dark brown, with a narrow white 
line at the base of the upper mandible; the breast of a light 
tint, is flecked with pale brown ; legs yellow orange, a band of 
which colour crosses the dark bill ; eye dark brown. 
Female.—Similar to male, but smaller. 
Young.—Paler in shade than the old bird, with a 
yellowish tinge on the head and neck when in first feather. 
Egg.—Yellowish-white, washed with stone-coloured 
patches; ‘‘creamy-white, rough” (Seebohm) ; five to seven in 
number. May—June. Incubation, four weeks. 
Nest Down.—Pale grey. 
GENUS CYGNOPSIS. 
CHINESE GOOSE. 
(Anser cygnoides). 
There are two varieties of this handsome Goose, the Grey, 
better called Brown, and the White. They are great favourites 
in America, where they are much bred by fanciers, and are 
known as the “Swan Goose,” ‘* Chinese Swan,” ‘‘ Knob Goose,” 
“ Siberian Goose,” and a variety of other fanciful terms. The 
bird is, however, a true Goose, and will be found to eat quite as 
much grass as any other of our domestic varieties. Its special 
characteristic is a very long neck, and a large knob or tubercle 
at the base of the bill, having in addition a long dewlap 
attached to the under mandible and extending down the throat. 
