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SPECIES III. The Goofe. 
Tame goofe, common wild goofe. 
Wil. orn. 358. fp. 1,2. 
Rail fyn. av. 136. fp. 3, 4. 
Brijfon av. V). 262, 265. 
"™^HE goofe, in its wild date always retains 
the fame marks : the whole upper part 
is afh-colored, or brown a little clouded: 
the bread and belly are of a dirty white : the vent 
feathers, and thofe incumbent on the tail are of a 
pure white : the quil feathers and the tail are 
dulky; the latter edged with white : the middle 
of the bill is red ; the end and bafe black : 
the leas faffron color. In the tame ftate, geefe 
as well as other domeftic animals vary almoft in¬ 
finitely in their marks; but thefe birds ever retain 
the white ring round their tail, a fign of their o- 
rigin from the wild kind : they are faid to be very 
long lived. Mr. ll^illoughby gives an example of 
one that attained eighty years. The wild fpecies 
Anus anfer manfuetus—ferus. Lin. 
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Gefner av. 142, 158. 
breed in fens and other retired places : in the be¬ 
ginning of winter they light and feed on corn 
grounds : they fly a great heighth, and preferve 
great regularity in their motions, fometimes form¬ 
ing a drait line ; at others affuming the fhape of 
a wedge, which facilitates their progrefs ; for they 
cut the air the readier in that form than if they 
flew pelmell. Befides this fpecies, DoSlor Lifter* 
mentions three others: iff. the marjh-goofe , or 
grey leg ; which appears to be no other than our 
wild goofe. 2d. the fmallfpanifto goofe , which in 
color refembles the common goofe, but is no larger 
than the brent goofe. 3d. the great black goofe , 
or whilk. To thefe we may add another, that 
feems only a variety, which is 
* Raii fyn. av. 138. 
The white fronted Wild goofe. 
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The laughing goofe. Edw. av. 153. 
Anas erythropus. Lin. fyft. 123. 
T j§ \ H I S is found very frequently in the 
winter, in the marfhes of Chejhire. The 
weight is about five pounds : the length 
twenty-eight inches ; the breadth four feet and 
a half: the bill is of a reddifh yellow : the fore¬ 
head white : the crown of the head is of a deep 
cinereous brown : the upper part of the bread of 
SPECIES IV. 
Anas feptentrionalis fylveftris. 
Brijfon av. VI. 269. 
a light afh-color, clouded with a deeper : the 
belly is white, marked with large black fpots : the 
coverts of the wings are grey, edged with brown : 
the feathers above and below the tail white : the 
tail black, edged with white; the legs orange 
color. 
The Bernacle. 
Bernacle^ or Clakis. TVil. orn\ 
Rail fyn. av. 137. 
Sibb. hi ft . Scot. 21. 
GerardS Herbal 1587. 
HIS bird weighs about five pounds; 
the length is two feet one inch; the 
breadth four feet five inches; the bill 
is black, and only one inch three-eights long ; 
Briffon av. VI. 300. 
Anfer brendinus. Caiiopufc. 87. 
Brenta, vel Bernicla. Gefner av. 
109, no. 
the head is fmall; the forehead and cheeks white ; 
from the bill to the eyes is a black line ; the hind 
part of the head, the whole neck, and upper part 
of the bread and back are of a deep black; the 
whole 
