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colour ; shoulder white ; upper part of legs and centre of breast 
white ; rump and tail black ; bill black ; legs orange. 
Female.—The same, but smaller. 
Young.—In first feather, brown, upper body and lower 
breast barred with darker ; red colouring absent. 
Egg.—Creamy-white ; four to five in number. April— 
June. Incubation, about four weeks. 
RUDDY-HEADED GOOSE. 
(Chloéphaga rubidiceps.  LBernicla rubtdiceps ). 
This Bernicle, native of the Falkland Islands, is both 
hardy and ornamental, doing well in captivity, the value 
being about £10 10s. the couple. Captain Abbott, in a 
communication to the “Ibis,” states that he saw them in 
considerable numbers near the Strait of Magellan, associating 
strictly in pairs. We have but little information concerning 
the habits of the Ruddy-headed Goose in its wild state, but it is 
said that during the breeding season, the male remains near the 
spot where the female is sitting on her nest, this being usually 
placed among low shrubs. The young are hatched about the 
first week of November, assuming full plumage during the first 
year, with the exception of the wing-bar, which is of a dull 
greenish-black. 
We owe the greater part of our information respecting the 
breeding of this Bernicle in captivity to Mr. F. E. Blaauw, 
who, writing in the “Ibis,” January, 1904, says :— 
“The Ruddy-headed Goose ( Chlotphaga rubidéceps ) is the smallest 
of the South American group, but thrives well under domestication. I 
