133 



PALMIPEDES. 



Family ANATIDJE. f Bonaparte. J 



Genus Anser. fBrisson.J 



BLUE-WINGED GOOSE. 



Anser ccerulescens. 



Anxer ccBrulescens, LiNN^US. 



" sylvestris freti Jiudsoras, Bkisson. 



" hyperhoreiis, jun., AucTOE. 



X' oie des JEsquimaux, BuFFON. 



JBlue-wivged Goose, Edwards. 



Blue Wavy, Of the Ameeicans. 



Specific Characters. — General colour grey, wliite below; wing 

 primaries and lower part of back clear asby blue. — Linnjeus. 



Length thirty-one inches; beak two inches; tail five inches and 

 a half; bare part of thigh seren lines; tarsus three inches; 

 middle toe three inches; external toe two inches ten lines; internal 

 toe two inches nine lines; hinder toe nine lines. The wings, 

 when closed, extend to three fourths of the length of the tail. 

 — Brisson. 



Hitherto confounded with the young of the Snow 

 Goose, I have much pleasure in restoring this bird to 

 the place which was assigned to it by Linnaeus and 

 that equally accurate observer Brisson. In the notice 

 of the last bird, the Snow Goose, I have given the 

 authority upon which I have done this. Mr. Barnston 



