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ORD. III. GEN. X. GOOSE. 



SPE. II. BEAN GOOSE. 



PI. 240. 



Anas Anfer manfuetus — ferus, Lin. Syft. I. p. 197. 

 L'Oie domeftique, l'oie fauvage. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 262, 265. 



This fpecies is nearly the fize of the preceding, being in weight feven 

 pounds. The bill is long for birds of this genus, and (lender at the end, of a 

 dull orange colour in the middle, with the bafe and nail black. The head, 

 neck, and back, are greyifh brown : the under parts, dull white : wing coverts, 

 grey brown, with white tips and edges to the feathers : quills, dull black : 

 rump, white : tail, blackim : legs, dull orange. 



The name of bean goofe is given to this bird from the refemblance of the 

 nail at the end of the beak to a horfe-bean. It is a regular vifitor to us in 

 winter, and returns to the northern parts of Scotland and the Continent late in 

 the fpring to breed. It likewife inhabits the north of America. 



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