PLATE CCXIV. 



It will tend materially to difpel this feeming confufion by bearing 

 in mind, that the fpecies Erythropus of Linnaeus is the true Ber- 

 naele Goofe, but which is better characlerifed by the fpeeific defi- 

 nition of Dr. Latham, as above quoted, than by the Linnaean cha- 

 racter, " cinerea fronte alba." Faun. Sitec. At the fame time re- 

 collecting, that notwithftanding the ii mi larky of names, Anas Bernicla 

 of Linnaeus is the Brent and not the Bemaele Goofe. 



This appears to be the Tree Goofe of Gerard's Herbal, in which 

 the figure of the bird is rudely reprefented, and alfo the fliell 

 (lepas antifera) in which it is affirmed with due gravity, that the birds 

 are produced and hatched ; and after a certain period dropping out 

 of the (hell, appear young Bernacle geefe ! In complete confirmation 

 of this marvellous tale, we are affured, that the tails of the birds yet 

 immatured, may be feen flicking out of the fhell ; alluding to the 

 Angular feathered tentacula of the animal which inhabits the fliell * 

 We mould obferve after this, that it is not very unlikely the Bernacle 

 and Brent Goofe might have been confounded ; or the honour of 

 this Neptunian origin be afcribed to both. Gefner's Anfer Arboreus, 

 which he calls alfo Branta f. Bernicla, feems indeed to be the Brent 

 Goofe, called by Linnaeus, as before Hated, Bernicla. 



Anas Erythropus breeds in the northern regions of Europe, being 

 found in Ruffia, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and it is believed 



* A figure of this remarkable ftiell may be feen in our work of Britilh Shells, 

 Plate VII. 



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