272 ANATIN^. ANSER. 
381. 4. Anser Bernicla, Linn. Brent Goose. 
Plate CCCXCI. Male and Female. 
Tail of sixteen feathers^ rounded ; bill and feet black ; head and 
neck all round black, glossed with blue ; a small streak under the eye, 
a spot on the chin, and patch on each side of the neck, white ; gene- 
ral colour of upper parts brownish-grey, the feathers margined with 
light greyish-brown ; quills and primary coverts greyish-black ; upper 
tail-coverts white ; tail greyish -black; fore part of breast light brown- 
ish-grey, the feathers terminally margined with greyish- white ; abdo- 
men and lower tail-coverts white ; sides grey, the feathers broadly 
tipped with white ; axillar feathers and lower wing-coverts grey. 
Male, 24L 48. Female, 23, 44^. 
Abundant along the coast of the Atlantic, from Maine to Maryland, 
during winter. Never seen far inland. Breeds from Labrador north- 
ward. Columbia River. 
Brant, Anas Bernicla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 131. 
Anser Bernicla, Bo nap. Syn. p. 378. 
Anser Bernicla, Brent Goose, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 469. 
Brant or Brent Goose, Ndtt. Man. v. ii. p. 358. 
Brent Goose, Anser Bernicla, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. pp. 24, 610. 
382. 5. Anser albifrons, Bechst. White-fronted Goose. 
Plate CCLXXXVI. Male and Female. 
Tail of sixteen feathers, rounded; bill carmine-red, with the unguis 
white ; feet orange, claws white ; head and neck greyish-brown ; a 
white band, margined behind with blackish-brown on the anterior part 
of the forehead along the bill ; general colour of back deep grey, the 
feathers of its fore part broadly tipped with greyish-brown, the rest 
with greyish- white ; hind part of back deep grey ; wings greyish- 
brown, toward the edge ash-grey, as are the primary coverts, and 
outer webs of the primaries ; the rest of the primaries and secondaries 
greyish-black, the latter with a narrow edge of greyish- white, the 
former edged and tipped with white ; breast, abdomen, lower tail- 
coverts, sides of rump, and upper tail-coverts, white ; the breast and 
sides patched with brownish-black, on the latter intermixed with 
greyish-brown feathers. 
Male, 60. 
Through the interior of the Western and Southern States during 
winter, as well as along the coast, from Massachusetts to Texas. Co- 
lumbia River. Breeds in the far north. 
Anser albifrons, Bonap. Syn. p. 376. 
Anser albifrons. Laughing Goose, Swains. & Rich. F. Boi’. Amer. v. ii. p. 456. 
White-fronted Goose, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 346. 
White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 568. 
