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d\ Smaller ; bill about 1*3 inch in length ; 
wing 14*5 inches. Female smaller . . . Lesser White-fronted 
Goose: A.finmarchicus, p. 311. 
Plumage of the body white, primary flight-feathers 
black Snow-Geese: Chen 
Smaller; bill 1’95 to 2*3 inches in length . . Snow-Goose: 
C. hyperboreus $ and ? ,p. 315. 
Larger; bill 2*55 to 2*7 inches in length . . . Greater Snow-Goose : 
C. nivalis <? and ? ,p. 316. 
b\ Teeth in the upper mandible not visible when the bill 
is closed and viewed from the side ; feet always black. Brent Geese : Branta 
c. Chest black or grey. 
Chest grey ; head and neck black ; throat white, 
extending upwards on the cheek to behind the 
ear-coverts Canada Goose : 
B. canadensis and $ , p. 322. 
P. Chest black. 
e\ Head and neck black, with an irregular 
white patch on each side of the neck, 
cl Underparts greyish-white (light form)' 
Underparts dark grey or brownish? 
(dark form) J 
f\ Head white, hinder part of the crown and 
neck black ; belly pure white 
d\ Chest deep chestnut ; head black and white with 
a large chestnut patch on either side, behind 
the eye 
d. Size smaller; wing 7 to 11 inches (12 to 14 inches in the Sheld- 
Ducks); bill long, and depressed towards the tip, the depth 
at the base being half, or less than half the total length. 
{See Fig. 6.) 
c'. Wing more than 8-0 inches in length. 
cl Under tail-coverts uniform chestnut, bufif or whitish- 
buff, never spotted with black 
^.Plumage of the body reddish - chestnut ; size 
larger; wing 14 ‘0 inches. 
g^. A narrow black collar round the neck from 
about March to November 
h\ No black collar round the neck .... 
h\ Plumage of the body white, chestnut and black; 
size smaller ; wing 12 to 13 inches. 
i\ A knob at the base of the bill 
/. No pronounced knob at the base of the bill 
Brent Goose : 
B. bernicla S and ? , 
p. 317. 
Bernacle-Goose: 
B. leucopsis $ and 2 , 
p. 320. 
Red-breasted Goose : 
B. ruficoUis $ and 2 , 
p. 321. 
Sheld-Ducks: Tadorna 
Ruddy Sheld-Duck : 
T. casarca $ , p. 325. 
Ruddy Sheld-Duck : 
T. casarca 2 , p. 325. 
Sheld-Duck : 
T. tadorna S , p. 324. 
Sheld-Duck: 
T, tadorna 2 , p. 324. 
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