go ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
its French name of “Cravat Goose”: breast and under parts 
fawn, margined with white; back and wings brown, each 
feather edged with a dull white line; rump and tail black, as 
also are the legs, feet, and bill; eye dark brown. Weight ten 
to fourteen pounds. 
Female. 
Young.—No information. 
Similar. 
Egg.—Dull yellowish-green, sometimes dull white; six 
to nine in number. April—May. Incubation, thirty days. 
Nest Down.—Large, white, mixed with palest grey. 
HUTCHINS’ GOOSE, 
(Branta hutchinst. Bernicla hutchinst) 
This North American Goose is much smaller than the 
Canadian, though resembling it in colour, and breeds on the 
shores of the Arctic Sea, being seldom seen in the interior, 
feeding on shell-fish and marine plants. According to Mr. 
Barnston, Hutchins’ Goose does not incubate in scattered 
parties, but proceeds in united flocks to the extreme north, 
reaching Hudson’s Bay about May, and re-appearing with 
the young broods in September. ‘These birds are occasionally 
for sale, and dealers have offered them at £1c, £20, and £40 
per pair at different periods, while specimens of this goose were 
received by the Zoological Society in 1860 and 1886. 
Male.—Head and neck brownish black, white crescent- 
shaped patch each side of the neck, meeting under the chin; 
upper body bluish grey, with brown shades ; tail-coverts white, 
black underneath ; beak and legs dark. 
Female.—Similar. 
