BRITISH BIRDS* 307 
BERNACLE, 
CLARIS, OR TREE GOOSE. 
{Anas ErylhropuS) Lin.— Bernache, Buff.) 
The Bernacle weighs about five pounds, and mea- 
fures more than two feet in length, and nearly four 
and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to 
the corners of the mouth, is fcarcely an inch and a 
half long, black, and crolfed with a pale reddilh 
flreak on each fide : a narrow black line palfes from 
the bill to the eyes, the irides of which are brown : 
the head is fmall, and as far as the crown, together 
with the cheeks and throat, white : the reft of the 
head and neck, to thebreaft and flioulders, is black. 
The upper part of the plumage is prettily marbled 
or barred with blue grey, black, and white ; the 
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