452 BRENT GOOSE. ClafsII. 



rather a fpecies of fhell that is often found flicking to 

 the bottoms of fhips, or fragments of them ; and were 

 called Tree-geefe *. Thefe were alfo thought by fome 

 writers to have been the Chenalopeces of Pliny : they 

 fhould have faid Chenerotes ; for thofe were the birds 

 that naturalift faid were found in Britain ; but as he 

 tias fcarce left us any defcription of them, it is im- 

 poflible to determine what fpecies he intended -f 



V. The BRENT GOOSE, 



Les Canes deMer. Belonanj. \ 66. Belgis Rotgans, Caltnarienjibus 



Aldr. a<v. iii. 73. Prutgas. Faun.Suec./p. 115. 



Wil. orn. 360. Cimbris Ray-v Rad-Gaas. Nor- 

 Raiijyn. av. 137. <vegis Raat-v. Raatne-Gaas. 



Bernacle. Nat. bift. Ireland. 192. item Goul-v. Gagl. Brunnicb* 



Brenta, le Cravant. Brijfona<u. vi. 52. 



304. tab. l\. Br. Zoo/. 1 5 t. 

 AnasBemicla. Lin.fyjl.\y'&. 



TH I S is inferior in fize to the former : the bill 

 is one inch and an half long -, the color of that, 

 the head, neck, and upper part of the breaft is black; 

 on each fide the flendereft part of the neck is a white 

 fpot j the lower part of the breaft, the fcapulars, and 

 coverts of the wings are afh-colored, clouded with a 

 deeper made; the feathers above and below the tail 

 are white ; the tail and quil feathers black ; the legs 

 black. 



* The fhell here meant is the Iepas anatifera. Lin. fyjl. 668. 

 Argenville Conch, tab. 7. the animal that inhabites it is furnifhed 

 with a feathered beard ; which, in a credulous age, was believed to 

 be part of the young bird. 



f Anferini generis funt Chenalopeces : et quibus lautiores epulas ■ 

 non novit Britannia Chenerotes, fere anfere mjnores. Lib. x. c. zz. 



4 Thefe 



