u 



K. 



This fpecies inhabits England in the winter feafon : comes into 

 Lincoln/hire and Torkjhire in autumn *, and departs in May. Are 

 apt to alight in the corn-fields, and feed much on the green wheat. 

 Breed in great numbers in Lewis, one of the Hebrides •, and no 

 doubt likewife in fuch places as other Wild Geefe are found, 

 being not till lately diftinguifhed from them. My fpecimen was 

 fent out of Suffolk. Obferved alfo at Hudfon's Bay f. 



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Place and 

 Manners. 



Bering Goofe, ArEl. Zool. N° 475. 



IZE of the Wild Goofe. At the bafe of the bill a yellow ex- 

 crefcence, radiated in the middle with blueifli black feathers : 

 round the ears a greenifh white fpace : eyes black, encircled 

 with yellow, and rayed with black : back, fore part of the 

 neck, and belly, white : wings black : hind part of the neck 

 blueifh. 



Obferved by S teller, in July, on the IJle of Bering. The na- 

 tives purfue them in boats, and kill them, at the time of moult- 

 ing ; at other times hunt them on land, with dogs ; and, not 

 unfrequently, catch them in pits covered with grafs $. 



2+. 

 BERING G. 



Description* 



Place. 



Gulannd Duck, Arft. Zool. p. 572. E. 



G I Z E between a Goofe and Duck. Bill narrow : head of a 

 mallard green : breaft and belly white. 

 Inhabits the moraiTes of Iceland. Lays from feven to nine 

 eggs, and is a fcarce fpecies. The Icelanders call it Gulaund §. 



• Among thefe fome have been obferved quite white. — Arft. Zool. 

 f Id. \ Defer. Kamifch. p. 159. § ArQ. Zool. 



Vol. III. 3 O Anas 



25-. 

 GULAUND D. 



Description. 

 Place. 



