. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . wenty-four to twenty-six inches; its wing, from carpus to tip,about seventeen inches ; there is a blunt nob or spur atthe carpal joint; the beak is one inch three lines in length ;legs three inches two lines ; the middle toe two inchessix to seven lines; the tail, consisting of fourteen feathers,is five inches and a half in length, the outer feathers being 28 not much, shorter than the middle ones, making its shapemore square than rounded. The colouring of the plumage is as follows : the forehead,sides of the head, the entir
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . wenty-four to twenty-six inches; its wing, from carpus to tip,about seventeen inches ; there is a blunt nob or spur atthe carpal joint; the beak is one inch three lines in length ;legs three inches two lines ; the middle toe two inchessix to seven lines; the tail, consisting of fourteen feathers,is five inches and a half in length, the outer feathers being 28 not much, shorter than the middle ones, making its shapemore square than rounded. The colouring of the plumage is as follows : the forehead,sides of the head, the entire face, chin, and throat arewhite; the space between the beak and eye black ; thetop and back part of the head, the whole neck, breast, andmantle are black; the rest of the upper parts are bluish-ash, with black and white regular bars ; the quills are duskyblack, the tail the same; the upper tail-coverts white;the breast, belly, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; thethighs are faintly barred with grey; the beak, legs, andfeet are black ; the eyes BRENT GOOSE. 29 NA TA TORES. ANATIDJE PLATE CCXXXII BRENT GOOSE. ANSER TORQUATUS. The Brent Goose is a winter visitant in Great Britain,and more numerous in Ireland and Scotland than it is inEngland. Its appearance forebodes cold weather, particularlywhen large flocks are observed to be on the wing, as thisspecies is driven from its summer haunts by the commence-ment of the northern winter; consequently a north windbrings it in the greatest numbers to our shores. The geographical distribution of this Goose extends overmost of the northern countries of the old and new world. InEurope and Asia it resides within the arctic circle, and on theborders of the icy sea; it inhabits also Spitzbergen, Iceland,Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Baltic, and visits Po-merania, Holland, and the northern parts of France. InAmerica, Greenland, and the Hudsons Bay, it is also found,as well as in Canada, and appears in small numbers in theUnited
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