ANAS BERNICLA, 
BRENT GOOSE, 
Generic Character. See ^nai cygnus. ( ferus.) 
Anas Bernicla / corpore fusca, capite collo pecto- 
reque nigris^ collaria alba. 
Brent Goose. Body brown ; head^ neck^ and breast 
black ; collar white. 
Anas Bernicla. Lin, SjjsL v. 1. p. 198. GmeL Si/st. 
V. 2. p. 513. Lath. Ind. Dm. v. 2. p. 844. 
Brenta. Raii St/n. p. 137. mil. p. 275. t 69. 
Le Qravant. Buff'. Hist. d'Ois, v. 9. p. 87. lb. PL 
Enl 342. 
OiE Cravant. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 2. p. 824. 
Brent, or Brand Goose. Br. ZooL 8vo. ed. v 2. 
p. 239. Arct. ZooL v. 2. p. 274. Lath. 
Si/n. V. 6. p. 467. Lewin Br. Birds, 
V. 7. t. 243. Mont Dm. Diet. lb. Sup. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 2. p. 277. Low 
Fauna Orcadensis, p. 136. 
Length thirty inches, breadth nearly four feet ; weight 
about two pounds three quarters. Bill short, compressed ; 
irides dark ; legs slender, black. Colour of the sexes alike. 
In some specimens the white patch or collar is nearly obso- 
lete, in others it forms a complete ring round the neck. 
In some seasons this species is met with in various parts 
of Great Britain, in such numbers as to baffle all attempt at 
computation ; in the winter of 18IS-]4 they were sent to tlie 
London markets in waggons, and boats were loaded entirely 
with them ; and so great was the supply, that they were 
were retailed at nine pence to one shilling each, and many 
