duck. 250 



originate from old decayed wood, and to have come out of the shell 

 called a Barnacle,* which is found adhering to old wood ; and that 

 the tail of the young bird, not yet arrived at perfection, may be seen 

 protruding from the shell. f But this, like many ancient vulgar 

 errors, is now exploded ; for it is well known, that the bird is hatched 

 and bred, like all others of the Duck kind. We have had more than 

 one instance of its being domesticated, and living, seemingly with 

 great content, among the poultry. 



35— BRENT GOOSE. 



Anas Bernicla, Ind. Orn. ii. 844. Lin. i. 198. Fn. suec. No. 115. Gm. Lin.'i. 513. 



Scop. i. No. 84. Brun. No. 52. Muller, No. 115. Frisch, t. 156. Fn.groenl. 



No. 41. Borowsk. iii. p. 11. 3. Sepp, ii. pi. 98. Amer. Orn. viii. p. 131. pi. 79. 



f. 1. Tern. Man. 531. Id. Ed. 2d. 325. 

 Brenta, Bris. vi. 304. 16. t. 31. Id. 8vo. ii. 442. Rati, 137. A. 6. Will. 275. t. 69. 



Klein, 130. 

 Anas Palumbum torquatum quodammodo referens, Gerin. v. t. 582. 

 Rotgans, Sepp. Vog. t. p. 189. 



Die Brent gans, Bechst. Dents, ii. 621. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. p. 911. 

 Le Cravant, Buf.'w. 87. Pl.enl. 342. 

 Brent, or Brand Goose, Gen. Syn. vi. 467. Br. Zool.'n. No. 270. Id.fol. 151. Add. 



pi. Q. Id. 1812. ii. p. 239. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 478. Id. Sup. 75. Albin, i. pi. 



93. Will. Engl. 360. pi. 69. Hayes's Birds, pi. 24. Collins's Anat. ii. pi. 20. 



Bewick, ii. pi. p. 311. Lewin, vii. pi. 243. Walcot, i. pi. 63. Pu.lt . Dors. p. 



20. Orn. Diet. 



LESS than the Bernacle. Bill black; irides hazel ; head, neck, 

 and upper part of the breast, black ; on each side of the neck a 

 large patch of black and white mixed ; lower part of the breast, the 

 scapulars, and wing coverts, ash-colour, clouded with a darker shade; 

 vent, and upper and under tail coverts white ; tail dusky black, and 

 a little rounded in shape; legs reddish black. 



* Lepas anatifera. — Lin. Figures of the shell to be seen in Argen. Conch, t. 30. f. F.G. 

 List. Conch, t. 440. f. 283.— Gerard Herb. p. 1587. ch. 171. In the last are rude figures 

 both of the shell and bird. 



f Authors also further relate this of a certain tree, the leaves of which, if they fell on 

 land, became birds ; if on the water, fishes. — Bauh. Pin. 514. III. 



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