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]'ALMIPEDES. 



Fa mil,/ AXATID^F:. f Bonajyarte.J 



Genus Anser. fBrisson.J 



BLUE-WINGED GOOSE. 



Ansor cccruJi'scens. 



Aiiser carulescens, Linnjeus. 



" sylcestris fret! hudsonis, Brisson. 



" hyperhoreus, jun., AucTOE. 



Z' oie des Esquimaux, Buffon. 



Blue-winged Goose, Edwards. 



Blue Wavy, Of the Americans. 



Specific Characters. — General colour grey, wliite below; wing 

 primaries and lower part of back clear asby blue. — Linnj^us. 



Lengtb thirty-one incbes; beak two inches; tail five inches and 

 a half; bare part of thigh seven lines; tarsus three inches; 

 middle toe three inches; external toe two inches ten lines; internal 

 toe two inches nine lines; hinder toe nine lines. The wings, 

 when closed, extend to three fourths of the length of the tail. 

 — Beisson. 



Hitherto confounded with the young of the Snow 

 Goose, I have much pleasure m restoring this bird to 

 the place which was assigned to it by Linnaeus and 

 that equally accurate observer Brisson. In the notice 

 of the last bird, the Snow Goose, I have given the 

 authority upon which I have done this. Mr. Barnston 



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