WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



ANSER ALBIFRONS {Scop.). 



Branta albifrons, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 69, no. 87 

 (1769). 



Anser albifrons, Naum. xi. p. 351 ; Macg. iv. p. 609 ; Hewit- 

 son, ii. p. 387 ; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 261 ; Dresser, \i. 

 p. 375. 



Anser intermedius, Naum. xi. p. 310. 



Oie rieuse on a fronte blanc, French.; Bldssen-Gans, Ger- 

 man; Ganso, Angelito (Andalucia), Spanish. 



This Goose is a winter visitor to our islands, more 

 common in Ireland and certain districts on the west 

 coast of Scotland than elsewhere. The Arctic regions 

 of Asia are said to be the principal breeding-resort of 

 this species, whose nest has never as yet, I believe, been 

 discovered in any part of Europe. The cry of the 

 White-fronted Goose has gained for it the nickname of 

 Laughing Goose, and is certainly very unlike that of any 

 of its British congeners, from whom it also differs in the 

 excellence of its flesh for the table. 



