166 PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



towards the tip; from the base to the nostrils it is black; the remainder, pink, except 

 the nail which is black: irides, dark brown. Head and neck, cinereous brown; lower 

 neck, lighter. Back, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertials, gray brown, edged and tipped 

 with yellowish white. Rump, dark gray; upper tail coverts, pure white. Tail feathers, 

 fourteen in number, gray, edged and tipped with white; primaries, bluish gray, the 

 shafts white; secondaries, darker — nearly black. Feathers of the breast and belly, 

 yellowish gray, with lighter edges; those on the sides and thighs are gray, with broad 

 brownish white tips. Vent, under tail coverts, and under surface of tail, white. Legs 

 and feet, livid pink; claws, black. 



The length of the adult male is two feet four to two feet five inches. 



