. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE BEAN GOOSE. ANSER S^GETUM. Folded wings exceeding the tail in length; bill long, orange, the base and nail black; upper plumage ash-brown; the wings darker, edged with greyish white ; under plumage in front dirty white, behind pure white ; irides dark brown; legs orange; beak yellowish white. Length two feet six inches. Eggs white. The several species constituting the group to which the Bean Goose belongs resemble each other very nearly in all respects. Inspected closely, they differ indeed quite enough to justify their distribution
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE BEAN GOOSE. ANSER S^GETUM. Folded wings exceeding the tail in length; bill long, orange, the base and nail black; upper plumage ash-brown; the wings darker, edged with greyish white ; under plumage in front dirty white, behind pure white ; irides dark brown; legs orange; beak yellowish white. Length two feet six inches. Eggs white. The several species constituting the group to which the Bean Goose belongs resemble each other very nearly in all respects. Inspected closely, they differ indeed quite enough to justify their distribution into distinct species; but the descriptions of their habits, given by various authors, present scarcely any characteristic features peculiar. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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