. British game birds and wildfowl . oot of this plant is also eaten. According to Selbythey also feed on the Green Sloke sea-weed, (Ulva latissima.) They breed in the extreme north. The eggs are of a grayish white colour, and measure two inches and three-quartersin length, by one inch and three-quarters in breadth. They are said to breed in captivity, and are readily tamed. In the adult male the bill, which is one inch and a half in length, is black; thenail, also black. Irides, nearly black; the head, neck, and upper breast, are dull black;on each side of the neck is a patch of white, with a
. British game birds and wildfowl . oot of this plant is also eaten. According to Selbythey also feed on the Green Sloke sea-weed, (Ulva latissima.) They breed in the extreme north. The eggs are of a grayish white colour, and measure two inches and three-quartersin length, by one inch and three-quarters in breadth. They are said to breed in captivity, and are readily tamed. In the adult male the bill, which is one inch and a half in length, is black; thenail, also black. Irides, nearly black; the head, neck, and upper breast, are dull black;on each side of the neck is a patch of white, with a few black feathers in it. Prima-ries and secondaries, black. Back, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertials, brownish black,the feathers edged with a lighter shade; rump, black. Upper tail coverts, white; tail,black. Lower breast and belly, blue gray, edges of feathers lighter. Vent and undertail coverts, white. Legs and feet, black. Females are smaller, and browner than the males. In length they measure about one foot nine inches. ii. 173 BED-BREASTED GOOSE. Anser ruflcoJlis, . LaTHAIT. Oie a con roux, • Tejoixnck. Anser—A Goose. Rufus—Bed. ColJum—A neck. This handsome Goose, which appears to be of very rare occurrence in any country,has been obtained in seven or eight instances in England, mostly in the south. Thusit has been met frith in Devon, Cambridge, Norfolk, near London, and near Berwick-on-Tweed. In Scotland it is unknown. In Ireland it is believed to have once occurred. Of this specimen Mr. Thompson says,When in Dublin in March 1833, I was informed by a person to whom this specieswas well known, that about five years previously he had seen a specimen in the shopof Mr. Glennon; on inquiry of whom, I learned that the bird had been sent to himin a fresh state, to be preserved, but he was not aware where it had been killed. Thatit was procured on our coast is at least a fair inference. It has occurred but once in France, once in Holland, and once in Germany. Twicein
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