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sex ; the plumage nearly the same. The 
young birds have not the white patch 
upon the side of the neck ; this part as 
well as the head and upper part of the 
breast are of a dark ash-coldur, and very 
feebly distinguished from the colour of the 
back ; all the feathers of the back and 
breast are terminated by a band of red- 
dish brown^ and the ends of the feathers 
oil the sides are reddish : the feet reddish 
black. 
Our specimen, differs from the figure 
and description given by Bewick, but 
agrees with that of Montagu. The form- 
er in describing this species says that 
u the head and upper half of the neck 
are black, excepting a white patch on 
each side of the latter." Montagu says 
that " the head neck and upper part of the 
breast are black." 
The Brent retires to the northern parts 
of both hemispheres to breed, and like 
the other species belonging to the same 
genus* quit those rigorous climes in the 
winter* and spread themselves southward 
in greater or less numbers, impelled for- 
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