﻿RED-BREASTED GOOSE. .39 



which it surrounds ; between the beak and the eye is an oval 

 white spot ; from behind the eye, extending over the sides of 

 the head, a white band runs parallel with the black list on 

 the neck ; on the ear-coverts is a triangular spot of rufous 

 brown, speckled with black ; the throat and breast are chest- 

 nut brown, beneath which runs a narrow white band ; the 

 mantle, back, rump, and quill-feathers, are black ; the shoul- 

 der of the wing and coverts are dusky, and the feathers of the 

 latter being tipped with paler edges, form two bars across the 

 wing ; the tail is black, tipped with white ; the lower part of 

 the breast, belly, and flanks, are black, some of the latter 

 feathers bordered with white ; the thighs, belly, vent, upper 

 and under tail-coverts are white ; the beak and legs are black ; 

 the eyes dark brown. 



In old cabinet specimens the black plumage becomes dusky, 

 little trace of the original tint remaining ; the legs and beak 

 also fade. 



