Cygnus. birds. PALMIPIDES. m 
orange; base of the bill, nail, and claws black. Wings reach- 
ing beyond the end of the tail. 
Scotch Goose ; sc. vulgatissimus ferus, Lister^ Phil. Trans, xv. 1159. — 
Will- Orn. 274. Ray^ Syn. Av. 136 — Bean Goose, Penn. Brit. ZooL 
ii. 575. — A. segetum, Temm. Orn. ii. 820. — E., Common Wild Goose, 
Bean Goose, Small Grej Goose. — A regular winter visitant. 
Length 2 tils, breadth 4|iths feet ; weight 6| pounds. Bill depressed, 
compressed near the end. Irides brown. Head and neck grey, inclining to 
brown above. Back, scapulars, and wing-covers grey, with pale margins, and 
tinged with brown. Hump dusky. Quills black ; the outer webs grey ; se- 
condaries grey, with black margins ; belly and tail-covers white. Breeds in 
the Arctic Regions. The young have the neck yellowish, and the front spotted 
with white. This species arrives in autumn, and departs in spring, frequent-^ 
ing wheat fields. It is named, in Lincolnshire, Bean Goose, from the resem- 
blance which the black nail of the bill bears to a horse bean. — Linnaeus con- 
founded this species with the preceding, under the title Anas Anser. I have 
adopted the names of Bay, who, by the assistance of Lister, clearly distin- 
guished the two species. 
197. A. Erytliropus. Laughing Goose. — Bill and feet orange ; 
the former with a white nail. Front white. 
Anas eryth. Linn. Syst. i. 197 — White-fronted Goose, Penn. Brit. Zool. 
ii. 576. — Anas albifrons, Temm, ii. 821 — A regular winter visitant. 
Length 2^, breadth 4| feet ; weight 5 pounds. Head and neck greyish- 
brown. Back and sides brown, with pale margins. Quills black ; the secon- 
daries tipped with black. Breast and belly white, with scattered black feath- 
ers. Vent and tail-covers white. Tail dusky black ; the outer feathers near- 
ly white ; the rest edged with that colour. The young have generally three 
white spots in front. This species keeps in small flocks during the winter, 
and is killed on the coast, and in rivers, in severe winters. 
Bill and legs black, 
198 . A. Bernicla. Bernacle or Claikis. — Head white; neck 
and breast black. 
Bernacle, Lister., PhiL Trans, xv. 1159 — Bernicla, Will. Orn. 274 . — SihK 
Scot. 21 — Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 577* — Anas leucopsis, Temm. Orn. ii. 
823.. — A winter visitant. 
Length 2 J^th, breadth 4^2ths feet ; weight 5 pounds. Irides dark brown. 
Back, scapulars, and wing-covers, grey, black, and white ; below white. Quills 
and tail black. The young birds have a dark stripe from the bill to the eye, 
and the white of the head is mottled with dusky. This species retires early. 
It is celebrated in the annals of ignorance, as the bird supposed to be bred 
from the bernaclb shell. 
199. A. Brenta. Brent Goose. — Head, neck, and breast 
black. A white patch on each side the neck. 
Wilk, Lister., Phil. Trans, xv. 1159. — Brenta, Will. Orn. 275 Pmw.Brit 
Zool. ii. 579 — Anas Bernicla, Temm. Orn. ii. 824 E, Bat or Boad 
Goose, Glatter Goose. — A winter visitant, frequenting meadows and 
grass fields. 
Length 29 inches, weight 2| pounds. Irides dark-brown. Lower part of 
the breast, back, scapulars, and wing-covers, mottled ash-colour ; middle of the 
belly greyish-brown ; sides grey. Vent and under tail-covers white. Bump 
and tail black. The young are destitute of the white patch on the side of the 
