LAUGHING GOOSE. 
preaching to black. The sides of the head 
under the eyes, and the fore-part of the neck, 
are a lighter brown. The back, wings, and 
tail, are of a greyish brown colour; the edges 
' of the feathers something lighter than their 
middle parts. The greater quills approach to 
black. The first row of covert feathers above 
the quills are ash-coloured, with white tips ; 
the lower edge of the wing, that fails on the 
breast and belly, is also ash-coloured, for some 
breadth. The insides of the wings, and the 
sides under the wings, are of a dusky brown* 
The covert feathers on the upper sicie of the 
tail are white. The breast, belly, thighs, and 
covert-feathers beneath the tail, are also white; 
except some plats of black spots on the breast 
and belly, best understood by the figure. The 
legs and feet are of a red colour. The toes 
in each foot are four ; three forward webbed 
together, and a small toe behind that is loose* 
Edwards adds, that this bird was brought from 
Hudson's Bay, by Mr. Isham : " though,'* 
says our excellent naturalist, I think, I have 
ieen the same bird, in some hard winters, to 
be sold at poulterers shops in the London 
maikets ; 
