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WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



LAUGHING GOOSE. TORTOISE-SHELL GOOSE. MOUNTAIN GOOSE. 



Anser allifrom, ...... PEirarAST. 



Anser eri/thropus, ...... Selby. 



Anas erythropus, ...... Lixxjefs. 



Oie rieuse, ou a front Mane, ..... Tejijiixck. 



Anser — A Goose. Alius — White. Frons — The forehead. 



Although not our commonest Wild Goose, the White-fronted Goose is by no means 

 rare; occurring frequently in large flocks. It has been obtained in many of our English 

 counties; all along the south coast; in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire, 

 Durham, and Northumberland. 



In Scotland it has been procured in Dumfriesshire, Edinburgh, and is a rare winter 

 visitor in Sutherlandshire. 



In Ireland it is very common, and arrives there early in the season, according to 

 Mr. J. Watters. 



In Lapland and Sweden it is very abundant. It also occurs in Italy, Holland, France, 

 and Germany; and has also been procured in Japan, Northern and Arctic America, and 

 in Kentucky. 



As an article of food it is, like the other Geese already described, excellent when in 

 good condition. 



The White-fronted Goose resembles the Gray-Lag and Bean Geese in its general habits, 

 but frecpients more elevated or hilly districts. They have been procured from meadows, 

 turnip fields, and marshy grounds, in different parts of the country. 



Its note resembles, in some measure, the laugh of a man, from which it has derived 

 one of its names. It is stated by Dr. Eichardson that in Arctic America the Indians 

 imitate its call by patting the mouth with the hand while repeating the syllable 'wah.' 



It breeds, as stated by Dr. Eichardson, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Sea, 

 north of the 67th. parallel of latitude. It also breeds abundantly in Lapland and Sweden, 

 and probably Northern Eussia. 



