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rivers Obe and Lena. In Denmark it has been met with near 

 Ulrichsholm in Fulinen, and near Ripen in Jutland, in small 

 flocks of from four to six individuals. On the approach of 

 the inclement season it migrates in larger flocks south, as 

 far as the Caspian Sea. 



Respecting the habits of the Red-breasted Goose, we can- 

 not say more than that it feeds principally on vegetable mat- 

 ter, which seems to be verified by the good, flavour of its flesh, 

 and its entire freedom from any fishy or rancid flavour. 



By nature this bird is shy and circumspect ; individuals 

 have been kept with other species in Russia, where they 

 became tolerably tame, fed on grasses and green vegetables, 

 but refused corn, and required much water to drink ; but they 

 soon died when the weather became warm. 



On the swamps in the before-mentioned localities of 

 northern Asia, these birds breed in great numbers, but re- 

 specting the nest and eggs nothing has hitherto been men- 

 tioned by northern travellers. 



The call-note of the present species is said to resemble the 

 word tsjackwoy, frequently repeated when on the wing ; their 

 migrations are performed in double lines, headed by one 

 bird. 



Our drawing being made from a specimen in the British 

 Museum, we give the dimensions there obtained : — The wing 

 measured, from the carpus to the tip, fourteen inches six 

 lines ; the tarsus two inches three lines ; the middle toe and 

 claw two inches two lines ; the beak from the forehead one 

 inch three lines. The entire length is said to be from one to 

 two and twenty inches. 



The colouring of its plumage is as follows : — A black band, 

 originating at the upper ridge of the beak, extends over the 

 head, nape, and down the back of the neck ; another of 

 the same colour begins at the throat and reaches to the eyes, 



