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RED BREASTED GOOSE. 
sides are marked with a few white spot 
greater coverts tipt with the same colo r5 \the 
-coverts of the tail white; the lower part and . 
sides of the neck of a bright bay bounded by — 
a narrow line of white; the breast and lower 4 
part of the neck divided from the belly and fe 
back by a circle of black and another of whites 7 
the legs black. 
Two or three instances only are recorded of | 
this beautiful species having been observed m 
England. It is supposed to winter in Persia, 
and is found to breed. from the mouth of the 
Ob, along thé coasts of the Zcy sea, as far as 
the river Zena. ‘Its flesh is highly esteemed — 
and is quite free from any fishy taste. Ep. 



