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ANAS ERYTHROPUS. 
BERNACLE GOOSE, 
Cinereous; front white. 
Anas Erythropus, Lin. 
AnasErythropterus, Turton's ed.of Gme, 
Anas leucopsis, Temminek 
La Bernache, BufFon 
Bernacle, Pen. Lath. Bew. 
Bernacle Goose, Mont. 
Canada Goose, Albin. 
PROVINCIAL 
CLARIS, OR TREE GOOSE, CLAIK 
GOOSE, ROUTHEROOCK. 
The specific term erythropus appears to 
have been improperly applied to this spe- 
cies, as it certainly has not red feet; Tem- 
minck has noticed this circumstance, and 
proposes to characterize it by substituting 
the word leucopsis. 
The Bernacle weighs about five pounds, 
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