174 RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



tlie nail black, — Selby,) the irides, hazel, between the beak and the eye a white patch; 

 round the eye, the top of the head, and down the back of the neck, dark brownish 

 black; on the ear coverts an angular patch of chesnut, surrounded with white, ending 

 in a white streak passing downwards; upper surface of the body and wings, very dark 

 bi'own, almost black; wing coverts, edged with grayish white; upper tail coverts, white; 

 primaries and tail feathers, black; throat, dark brown; neck and upper part of the breast, 

 rich chesnut red, ending with a collar of white: lower part of the breast, black; belly, 

 vent, and under tail coverts, white; the flanks barred with dark brown; legs, toes, and 

 their membranes, dark brown, almost black." — Tarrell. 



It measures in length from twenty-one to twenty-two inches. 



