THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
It is also reported to breed on Lake Ukanskoe, in Russian Lapland 
(H. J. Pearson, ** Ibis,” 1896, p. 210), and if this statement is confirmed its 
breeding-range extends much further west than is at present supposed. The 
frequent visits of this species in winter to Western Europe seem to indicate 
the possibility of a more western breeding-range. On migration enormous 
numbers visit the Caspian and Aral seas, also parts of Persia, travelling 
through South Russia, the Kirghiz Steppes and Turkestan. As a straggler 
it sometimes occurs in Egypt and possibly in Algeria. 
Distribution in the British Isles . — The red -breasted goose is a very rare 
straggler to the British Isles, but has been procured in Northumber- 
land, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Essex, Devon and Gloucestershire, while other 
occurrences have been reported on more or less doubtful evidence. 
CANADA GOOSE 
BRANTA CANADENSIS 
(Plate XXVII, Fig. 6) 
Branta canadensis, Salvador!, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxvii, p. 112 (1895). 
Bernicla canadensis, Saunders, III. Man. Brit. Birds, p. 412 (1899). 
DULT male. — ^Head and neck black; throat white, extending 
upwards over the sides of the head and ending in a 
/ point behind the ear-coverts; back, wing-coverts and 
jf secondaries, as well as the sides and flanks, brown, 
i the feathers, except those of the back, with lighter 
-A coloured edges; rump black; upper tail-coverts white; 
lower part of the neck pale greyish-white, shading into brownish -white 
on the breast and upper belly, and gradually fading into white on the lower 
parts of the abdomen and under tail -coverts; primary quills and tail- 
feathers black, the former greyish towards the base and on the coverts; 
axillaries light smoky- greyish-brown. Iris dark brown; bill black; 
legs and toes dark lead-colour, membranes almost black. Total length 
about 40 inches; bill 2*6 inches; wing 20*0 inches; tail 6*0 inches; 
tarsus 3 '3 inches. 
Adult female . — Similar to the male, but rather smaller; wing about 
18*0 inches. 
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