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BED-BREASTED GOOSE. 
it is migratory, but Mr. Audubon states, “ the ex- 
tent of the migrations of this species remains as yet 
unknown." He did not observe it to the south- 
ward in South Carolina or the Texas, and we have 
never ourselves received it with any Mexican or 
Asiatic collections, though it may range to the 
northern extreme of the latter continent. Mr. Au- 
dubon considers it exclusively a maritime goose, 
but easily tamed, feeding upon grain ; it has been 
known to produce young in captivity. 
The head, neck and upper part of the breast are 
dull black, on the sides of the neck an interrupted 
patch of white ; back, scapulars, rump, and under 
parts anterior to the legs clove-brown, paler on the 
latter, each feather having the tips and margins of 
a lighter shade; flank feathers tipped with white ; 
vent, upper and under tail- covers, the latter exceed- 
ing the tail in length, pure white ; tail clove-brown, 
quills and secondaries blackish brown; bill, legs, 
and feet black. The sexes do not vary much in 
plumage. 
Tiie Red-breasted Goose, Anser rcficollis, 
Pallas. — Anas rnficollis, Lath., fyc. — Oie a cou 
roux , Temm. — Iled-lreasted Goose or Barnacle 
of British authors. — This species is so unfre- 
quer.tly met with either in Britain or elsewhere, 
that we cannot describe it from observation. From 
all the information which has been hitherto col- 
lected, it appears to be one of the rarest Euro- 
