PLATE CCXXXII. 



prevails among the Sjnoiiyins of the Bei nacle Goofe, the Brent Goofe^ 

 and the White-fronted Goofe, all three being occafionally confounded 

 through the miftipplication of the Synonyms,, and each in its turn fup- 

 pofed to be the bird known among the credulous writers of the laft 

 age mider the name of the Tree Goofe. As the explanation there 

 afforded will apply equally to the prefent bird as to Anas Er}thropu , 

 it may not be deemed impoper to introduce an extract from it in 

 this place, referring at the fame time for a more full detail to the 

 defcription of Plate CCXIV. in the preceding volume. We there 

 obferved The refult of this confufion is, that, we find a Bernacle 

 Goofe which is not a Bernacle, but the Linnasan Erythropus : 

 the Brent Goofe, which is not the Bernacle, confounded under the 

 trivial name of Bernicla : and fome of the Synonyms of the true 

 Bernacle, appHed to the White-fronted Goofe, Anas Albifrons." 



" It will tend materially to difpel this feeming confufion by bearing 

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

 nacle Goofe, but which is better characterized by the fpecific defi- 

 nition of Dr. Latham, than by the Linnsean charafter, ' cinerea 

 fronte alba.' Faun, Suec, At the fame time reeolle6ling, that not- 

 withftanding the fimilarity of names. Anas Bernicla of Linnaus is the 

 Brent and not the Bernacle Goofe." Fide Plate CCXIV. 



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