duck. 266 



Anser fuscus maculatus, Laughing Goose, Bartr. Trav. 292. 



Anserseptentrionalis sylvestris, Bris. vi. 2G9. Id. 8vo. ii. 433. 



Die Blassengans, Bechst. Dents, ii. 576. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 898. 



Oca Lombardella, Gerin. v. pi. 5G0. 



L'Oie rieuse, Uk/ - . ix. p. 8. 



Laughing Goose, .Erfro. pi. 153. Phil. Trans, lxii. p. 414. 3. 



White-fronted Goose, Gen. Syn. vi. 463. Br. Zool. ii. No. 268. t. 94. L— the head. 



Id.fol. 150. Id. 1812. ii. 235. pi. 39. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 476. Bewick, ii. p. 



305. £et«Jn, vii. pi. 240. Walcot, i. pi. 64. Donov. pi. 102. Pult. Dors. p. 



20. 0™. Diet. 



THIS is smaller than the Grey-lag; length two feet four inches; 

 weight five pounds;* breadth about eight feet. The bill is yellowish 

 red, elevated at the base ; nail white ; hides dusky; head, neck, and 

 upper parts in general dark brown, with a little mixture of ash- 

 colour on the wings; round the base of the bill, belly, and under 

 parts, white, marked on the sides with black spots; rump, vent, and 

 under tail coverts, white; tail dusky black, more or less edged with 

 white ; the outmost feather almost wholly white ; legs orange, claws 

 pale. — Inhabits the fenny parts of England, in small flocks, during 

 winter; migrating before the end of March, but is not a plentiful 

 species in general; though Dr. Lamb, of Newbury, informs me, that 

 a flock of twenty-five or thirty appeared in January, within four 

 miles of Reading, out of which eight were killed at one shot. 



In summer it is found in the north of Europe and Asia, frequent 

 in Siberia, and the east of Russia, but scarce in the west; breeds 

 only in the extreme north ; supposed to inhabit Greenland. Is very 

 common in the summer at Hudson's Bay, with other sorts, and called 

 Sasasque pe thesue. 



31.— BEAN GOOSE. 



Anas Segetum, Ind. Orn. ii. 843. Gm. Lin. i. 512. Tern. Man. 527. Id. Ed. 2d. S20. 

 Die ^ohnengans, Bechst. Deuts. ii. 620. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 883. Id. Must. 120. 

 Anas sylvestris, Bris. vi. 265. Id. 8vo. ii. 432. Gerin. v. t. 561. 



* I have met with several specimens; the lightest weighed four pounds two ounces, the 

 heaviest two ounces more. A friend of mine shot one, weighing five pounds ; but Colonel 

 Montagu says, he has met with them weighing seven pounds. 



