$'. IV. 



The Brent-Goofe : Brenta, 



TT is a little bigger than a Duck^ and longer-bodied, the Head, Neck and r^ 

 I per part of the Breaft are black. But about the middle of the Neck on each fide 

 is a fmall fpot or line of white, which together appear like a ring of white The 

 Back is of the colour of a common Goofe, that is, a dark grey. Toward the Tail k 

 is darker coloured : But thofe feathers which are next and immediate to the Tail are 

 white. ThelowerBelly is white: The Breaft of a dark grey: The Tail and greater 

 quils of the Wings black, the letter of a dark grey. The Bill is fmall, black, an inch 

 and half long, thicker at the head, flenderer toward the tip : The Eyes hazel co 

 loured : The Nofthrils great: The Feet black, having the back-toe. The length of 

 the Bird from Bill to Tail was twenty inches. & 



lam of opinion that the Brant-Goofe differs fpecifically from the Bernacle, however 

 Writers of the Hiftory of Birds confound them, and make thefe words Synonymous' 



We have feen both alive among his Majefties Wild-fowl kept in St. James's Park' 

 The Cafe of the Brent-Goofe (tuft we have feen with Mr.Johnfoh at Brignal in Tork- 

 fiire, of the Bernacle in Sir William F otters Hall at Bamburgh in Northumberland* 

 Mr. Jejfop alfo fent us them both out of Yorkshire. 



This is the Bird whofe figure Aldrovandus gives us in the third Tome of his Omitho- 

 logie, Chap. 37. which Brandon fent him painted out of the Low-Countries: The 

 whole Head, and Neck befides a certain imperfect white circle in its upper part the 

 Back and infide of the Thighs were black, the Eyes yellow : The Bill (hotter than in 

 that ofBellonim [our Bernacle ] and thicker where it joyns to the Head : The Wins* 

 from alh-colour inclined to brown. 



Both the defcription and the figure of the Ring-Duck[ Anas torquatajo£ Bellomm 

 agree in all points to this Bird of ours, fo that I doubt not but they are the fame. See 

 Aldrovands Ornithologie, Book 19. Chap. 37. It is painted and defcribed by Leonard 

 Baltner under the title of Baumganfs, that is, Tree-Goofe- and perchance may be alfo 

 the Baumganfz, of Gefner. 



Ui.Johnfon, in his Letters lately fent us, writes, as if he thought that this were only 1 

 the Female of the precedent, induced chiefly by this argument, that the Fowlers ob- 

 (erve thefe to company and fly together with them, asthemfelves told him. 



§• V. 



The Swan-Goofe: Anfer cygnoides Hifpanicus feu Guineenfis. 



THe Back, as in other Gcefe^ is of a dark grey: The Belly white: The Throat 

 and Breaft of a reddilh brown. A line or lift of dark brown runs all along 

 the ridge of the Neck from the Head to the Back. The Bill is black, from the root 

 whereof arifesa knob or bunch over-hanging it, which in the Males and old Birds is 

 bigger than in the Hens and Young. A line or fillet of white between the Eyes and 

 Bill adorns the Head. The Tail is of the fame colour with the Back and Wings, tjie 

 tips of the feathers being whitifh. The Feet are red, and in fome the Bill too. The 

 back-toe is little. It is a ftately Bird, walking with the Head and Neck decently 

 erected. 



§. VI. 



ThiGambo-Goofe y or Spur- wing 'dGoofe. 



IT is for fhape of body like to the Mufcovy Duc^ and of equal bigne/s : Hath 

 long red Legs : A white Belly 5 the Back of a dark, fhining, purple colour. Its 



*ub!2e Pr °' ? il1 is red : ItS Cheeks and Chin white - Its Head hath a red * Caruncle. But what 

 u erance. ig mo £ remar k a ki e j n ^ is a ft. ron g s pur p roce eding from the firft joynt of the Wings : 



The like whereto Marggrave hath obferved in four or five forts of Braflian Birds : But 

 no European Fowl, that I know of, hath them. 



§.VII. 



