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INTRODUCTION. 
Genus Bernicla. 
319. Bernicla leucopsis ............ Vol. V. PI. V. 
Bernicle Goose. 
Plentiful in winter, keeping to certain districts on the flat shores of Lancashire. Retires northward 
beyond our country to breed. 
320. Bernicla canadensis. 
Canada Goose. 
This bird is said to have occurred wild in England ; it being purely American, I have not figured it. 
321. Bernicla ruficollis ........... Vol. V. PI. VI. 
Red-breasted Goose. 
An inhabitant of northern Russia and Siberia, and a chance visitant to Britain. 
322. Bernicla brenta ............ Vol. V. PI. VII. 
Brent Goose. 
Plentiful in winter on the muddy flats at the mouths of rivers from the Thames to the Tamar ; equally 
numerous in a northerly direction, including Ireland. 
Subfamily CYGNIN^. 
Of this subfamily there are nine or ten species — three or four of which pertain to the fauna of Great 
Britain, two or three to that of North America, the celebrated Black-necked Swan of Chili, and the Black 
Swan of Australia. 
Genus Cygnus. 
323. Cygnus olor ............ Vol. V. PI. VIII. 
Mute Swan. 
Supposed to be still living in a wild state in Eastern Europe ; strictly stationary in Britain. 
324. Cygnus ferus ............ Vol. V. PI. IX. 
Wild Swan or Whooper. 
A winter visitant, arriving in autumn and departing in spring, to breed in Ireland and many parts of the 
arctic circle. 
325. Cygnus minor ............. Vol. V. PI. X. 
Bewick’s Swan. 
This is also a winter visitor, arriving in autumn and retiring northwards in spring. 
