104 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
obtained my first male of this species—an imported bird—in 1886, and at 
the same time I procured a female from the Gardens of the Zoological 
Society of London. From this pair I have had numerous broods, and, 
unless I am very much mistaken, all the Ruddy-headed Geese now in 
Europe have descended from them, The old male, which is now mated to 
one of his daughters born in 1887 (his original mate having died six years 
ago) has been in my park for seventeen years, but nevertheless gave me 
this spring a brood of three young birds, which have done well, and are now 
moulting, 
‘*The goslings of this species are marked with dark grey on a 
ground of whitish-grey, and are the least conspicuously coloured of any of 
the group, The first plumage of this Goose also resembles that of the 
adults, except that the ground-colour as well as the markings are less clear 
and well defined, Thus for example, the white of the wing is mixed with 
grey, and the glossy-green wing-bar is altogether absent, The legs, which 
at first are black, get their yellow markings when the gosling begins to 
acquire its feathers, The young birds begin to moult at the end of Septem- 
ber, generally completing the change before the New Year,” 
In 1860, the Zoological Gardens exhibited two pair of 
this Bernicle, which were obtained from the Falkland Islands, 
and bred from 1865 to 1870, after which time the entire stock 
died out for some years. 
At the present moment the “List of Animals” reports 
nine living specimens in the Gardens, of which two were 
presented by Mr. Blaauw, and two bred in the Menagerie in 
June, 1895. 
Male.—Head, throat and breast sandy-red, finely barred 
with a darker shade; shoulder white; back and wings ashy- 
brown ; wing-bar brilliant green, edged with white ; under parts 
light red; bill dark brown, or black; legs and feet reddish- 
yellow ; eye brown. 
Female.—Similar, but smaller. 
Young.—In first feather similar to adults; wing-bar 
blackish-green. 
Egg.—Whitish. April—June. Incubation, about a 
month. 
