SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Order ANSEEES 

 Family ANATID^E 

 Genus CYGNUS Bechstein 

 285. Cygnus cygnus (L.) 



The Whooper Swan. 



286. Cygnus bewichii bewickii Yarr. 



Bewick's Swan. 



287. Cygnus olor (Gm.) 



The Mute Swan. 



Genus ANSER Brisson 



288. Anser anser (L.) 



The Grey Lag-Goose. 



289. Anser albifrons (Scop.) 



The White-fronted Goose. 



290. Anser erythropus (L.) 



The Lesser White-fronted Goose. 



291. Anser fabalis fabalis (Lath.) 



The Bean-Goose. 



292. Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 



The Pink-footed Goose. 



293. Anser hyperboreus hyperboreus Pall. 



The Snow-Goose. 



294. Anser hyperboreus nivalis (Forst.) 



The Greater Snow-Goose. 



Winter-visitor ; has bred Scot- 

 land and recently Northumber- 

 land . . . . . 



Winter-visitor 



Resident, breeds : 

 probably introduced 



originally 



Resident, breeds n. Scotland 

 and Hebrides; elsewhere winter- 

 visitor, rare e. and irregular s. 

 and w. England 



Winter-visitor, chiefly w. G. 

 Britain and Ireland 



Very rare vagrant, England 



Rare vagrant 



One Ireland, one Scotland stated 



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Winter -visitor (very rare n. 

 Scotland and isles) . . 242 



Winter-visitor, chiefly e. G. 

 Britain, very rare n. Scotland 

 and isles and Ireland . . 245 



with small party 



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Genus BRANTA Scopoii 



295. Branta ruficollis (Pall.) 



The Red-breasted Goose. 



296. Branta leucopsis (Bechst.) 



The Barnacle-Goose. 



297. Branta bernicla bernicla (L.) 



The Brent Goose. 



Very rare vagrant, England 



250 



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Winter- visitor, chiefly Hebrides, 

 Solway and Ireland . .252 



Winter- visitor, chiefly e. G. 

 Britain and Ireland . .255 



Genus TADORNA Fleming 

 Tadorna tadorna (L.) 

 The Sheld-Duck. 



258 

 Resident, breeds : some emi- 

 grate : also winter- visitor . 258 



Genus CASARCA Bonapart< 

 299. Casarca ferruginea (Pall.) 



The Ruddy Sheld-Duck. 



263 

 Rare vagrant, usually summer, 

 sometimes in flocks . .263 



Genus ANAS Linnaeus 

 300. Anas platyrhyncha platyrhyncha L. 

 The Mallard. 



266 

 Resident, breeds : also winter- 

 visitor and passage -migrant . 267 



