﻿ORANGE-LEGGED BEAN GOOSE. 17 



NA TA TORES. A NA TIDJE. 



PLATE CCXXIX. 



ORANGE-LEGGED BEAN GOOSE. 



ANSER FERUS. 



The Orange-legged Bean Goose is a winter visitant in 

 Great Britain, and the most plentiful of all its family. 

 We may add, that when sportsmen announce the arrival of 

 wild geese in the fall of the year, it is most probably the 

 present species that is spoken of. The countries where these 

 birds remain to breed are not known precisely, but may be in- 

 ferred from the climate the Orange-legged Bean Goose prefers 

 and the direction in which it travels. It is, however, ascer- 

 tained with certainty that this species resides in the northern 

 parts of Europe and Asia during our summer months, but 

 whether it also inhabits the northern parts of America has 

 yet to be proved. 



Low and moist swamps, intersected by ditches, and the 

 borders of inland seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds, are the 

 favourite haunts of the present species, besides stubble and 

 cornfields. During the day they frequent the fieds in great 

 flocks, where they meet with their favourite food, and change 

 from one to another, according to circumstances. Towards 

 the latter part of the day they draw nearer to the moister 

 spots, in order to approach the extensive fiats, where they 

 roost during the night. 



vol. vi. c 



