BRITISH BIRIPS, 
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BRENT GOOSE. 
{^Anas Bernlcla, Lin .— Cravanty Buff.) 
This is of nearly the fame fhape, but fomewhat 
lefs than the laft, from which it differs in the colour 
of its plumage, being moftly of an uniform brown, 
the feathers edged with afh : the upper parts, bread 
and neck, are darker than the belly, which is more 
mixed and dappled with paler cinereous and grey : 
the head and upper half of the neck are black, ex- 
cepting a white patch on each fide of the latter, near 
the throat : the lower part of the back and rump are 
alfo black ; the tail coverts above and below, and the 
vent, white : tail, quills, and legs dufky : the bill is 
dark, rather of a narrow iliape, and only about an 
inch and a half long : the irides are light hazel. In 
