. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 270 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. obliquely, or at right angles to it, and again mingling altogether under some unexplained impulse. Their voice, as ifc proceeds from a large flock at some distance off, is clear and shrill, producing a pleasant harmony. The Brent Gf^oose, or Black-faced Bernicle, is much smaller than the Anser leucopsis, and easily distinguished from it by the face and head being entirely black. They seem to have visited our
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. 270 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. obliquely, or at right angles to it, and again mingling altogether under some unexplained impulse. Their voice, as ifc proceeds from a large flock at some distance off, is clear and shrill, producing a pleasant harmony. The Brent Gf^oose, or Black-faced Bernicle, is much smaller than the Anser leucopsis, and easily distinguished from it by the face and head being entirely black. They seem to have visited our shores in great numbers in former years. In the years 1739-40 these birds were so abundant on the French coast that the people rose en masse to destroy them, and so numerous on the Kentish coast that many were taken in a starving condition. Mr. S":''. Fig. 98,—White-fronted Bernicle Goose [Anser erythropus). McGillivray met with large flocks of them in Cromarty Bay, Beauley Firth, and Montrose Basin. Mr. Selby observed them as constant visitors on the shallow waters between Holy Island and the mainland, and other parts of the coast. The Swan {Cygnus). The Swan, which belongs to the family of Lamellirostral Pal- mipedes, has been an object of admiration in all ages for its noble and elegant proportions, the graceful curvature of its neck, its small and shapely oval head, its beak so prominent at the base, the gracefully-swelling rotundity of its body, its plumage. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker, ed. Springfield, Mass. , W. J. Holland
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