Crass IJ. RED BREASTED GOOSE. 
difference consisting in the feathers next the bilf, 
and on the throat and breast being brown. We 
have the greater reason to imagine it to be so 
as Mr. Brunnich informs us that the Danish. 
and Norwegian names for this bird are Rad- 
gaas and Raatgaas, which agree with those 
given it by Mr. /Villughby. Mr. Willughby, 
Mr. Ray, and M. Brisson very properly de- 
scribe the Bernaele and Brent as different spe- 
cies, but Linneus* makes them synonymous, 
and describes the true Bernacle as the female 
of the — fronted goose, 
Anas ruficollis. A. nigra, collo Anser ruficollis. Pall. Spic- 
rufo, corpore subtus macula vi. 21. fab. 4. : 
ante oculos strigaque longi- Gm. Lin. 511. 
tudinali colli utrinque albis. Bewick Br. Birds, ii. 289. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 841.id.Syn. Red breasted Goose. Arcé, 
vi. 455. Zool. ii. 298. 
{THE length of this species is one foot ten 
inches; the extent three feet ten inches; the 
weight three pounds. ‘The bill is short and 
black; between its base and the eyes is a great 
patch of white, bounded by black; the crown, 
chin, hind part of the head and neck, back, 
wings, and tail, are of an intense black; the 
* Faun. Suec. 116. 
WOE, Lt; R 
24) 
gs. Rep 
BREASTED. 
Descrir- 
TION. 
