. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH birds; 289. RED-BREASTED GOOSE, OR SIBERIAN GOOSE.[^Anfer ruficoUis.) The Red-breafted Goofe meafures above twentyinches in length, and its extended wings three feetten in breadth. The bill is (hort, of a brown co-lour, with the nail black: irides yellowifli hazel:the cheeks and brow are dufky, fpeckled with white:an oval white fpot occupies the fpace between thebill and the eyes, and is bounded above, on eachfide of the head, by a black line which falls down Vol. II. t Oo 290 BRITISH BIRDS. the hinder part of the neck: the ch
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH birds; 289. RED-BREASTED GOOSE, OR SIBERIAN GOOSE.[^Anfer ruficoUis.) The Red-breafted Goofe meafures above twentyinches in length, and its extended wings three feetten in breadth. The bill is (hort, of a brown co-lour, with the nail black: irides yellowifli hazel:the cheeks and brow are dufky, fpeckled with white:an oval white fpot occupies the fpace between thebill and the eyes, and is bounded above, on eachfide of the head, by a black line which falls down Vol. II. t Oo 290 BRITISH BIRDS. the hinder part of the neck: the chin, throat, crownof the head, and hinder part of the neck to theback, are black: two ftripes of white fall downfrom behind each eye, on the fides of the neck, andmeet in the middle: the other parts of the neck,and the upper part of the breaft, are of a deep ruftyred, and the latter is terminated by two narrowbands of white and black: the back and wings aredulky; the greater coverts edged with grey: fidesand lower part of the breaft, black: belly, upperand under tail coverts,
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