duck. 257 



32.— BERING'S GOOSE. 



Anas Beringii, Ind. Orn. ii. 843. Gm. Lin. i. 508. 

 Bering's Goose, Gen. St/n. vi. 465. Arct. Zoo/, ii. No. 475. 



SIZE of a Wild Goose. At the base of the bill a yellow ex- 

 crescence, radiated in the middle with bluish black feathers ; round 

 Ibe ears a greenish white space; eyes black, encircled with yellow, 

 and rayed with black; back, fore part of the neck, and belly, white; 

 wings black; hind part of the neck bluish. Observed by Steller in 

 July, on the Isle of Bering. The natives pursue these birds in boats, 

 and kill them at the time of moulting; also sometimes hunt them on 

 land, with dogs; and not unfrequently catch them in pits covered 

 with grass.* 



33— GULAUND GOOSE. 



Anas borealis, Ind. Orn. ii. 843. Gm. Lin. i. 512. 



Gulaund Goose, Gen. Syn. vi. 465. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 572. E. 



SIZE between a Goose and a Duck. Bill narrow; head of a 

 Mallard green ; breast and belly white. 



Inhabits the morasses of Iceland ; lays from seven to nine eggs, 

 and is a scarce species. The Icelanders call it Gulaund.f 



34— BERNACLE GOOSE. 



Anas Erythropus, Ind. Orn. ii. 843. Lin. i. 197. 11. Fn. suec. No. 116. — male. 



Frisch, t. T89. Sepp, ii. t. p. 197. Gm. Lin. i. 512. Naturf. xxv. s. 9. Schr. 



d. Berl. Nat. viii. 75. 2d part. 

 Anas leucopsis, Tern. Man. 531. Id. Ed. 2d. 824.* Parr. App. p. ccvii. 

 Anser Branta grisea tnaculata, Bartr. Trav. 292. 

 Anas Branta, Sepp, iii. t. 102. Klein, 130. 8. Id. 170. 12. 



* Descr. Kamts. p. 159. f Arct. Zool. 



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