66 THE BEAN GOOSE. 
which we have endeavoured to represent in the fol- 
lowing wood-cut : 
No. 1 we have always considered to be the ordinary 
size and proportions of the Bean Goose, tlio colour 
of the pale parts being orange-yellow, that of the 
nail black; the plumage in this agreeing almost 
with that which we shall describe from a fresh spe- 
cimen of the larger hilled bird. Soon after examin- 
ing these stuffed specimens, we procured another 
from the Edinburgh market in a fresh state, agree- 
ing in the form of the hill with No. 2. In this 
goose we had that member orange-yellow, black 
at the base, in the centre between the nostrils 
