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NA TA TORES. ANATIDJE 



PLATE CCXXXII 



BRENT GOOSE. 



ANSER TORQUATUS. 



The Brent Goose is a winter visitant in Great Britain, 

 and more numerous in Ireland and Scotland than it is in 

 England. Its appearance forebodes cold weather, particularly 

 when large flocks are observed to be on the wing, as this 

 species is driven from its summer haunts by the commence- 

 ment of the northern winter; consequently a north wind 

 brings it in the greatest numbers to our shores. 



The geographical distribution of this Goose extends over 

 most of the northern countries of the old and new world. In 

 Europe and Asia it resides within the arctic circle, and on the 

 borders of the icy sea ; it inhabits also Spitzbergen, Iceland, 

 Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Baltic, and visits Po- 

 merania, Holland, and the northern parts of France. In 

 America, Greenland, and the Hudson's Bay, it is also found, 

 as well as in Canada, and appears in small numbers in the 

 United States. The summer months are passed in the most 

 northern parts that have been visited by travellers, and the 

 winter in more southern countries, for the sake of the less 



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