. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . Oo 2 :29s BRITISH GREY LAG GOOSE, OR COMMON WILD GOOSE.{Anas Anfert Lin.—L*Oie fauvage, BuiF.) This Wild Goofe generally weighs about teapounds, and meafures two feet nine inches in length,and five in breadth. The bill is thick at the bafe,tapers towards the tip, and is of a yellowifh red co-lour, with the nail white: the head and neck areof a cinereous brown, tinged with dull yellow, andfrom the feparations of the feathers, the latter ap-pears flriped downwards: the upper part of theplumage is of a deep brown, mixed with alh-
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . Oo 2 :29s BRITISH GREY LAG GOOSE, OR COMMON WILD GOOSE.{Anas Anfert Lin.—L*Oie fauvage, BuiF.) This Wild Goofe generally weighs about teapounds, and meafures two feet nine inches in length,and five in breadth. The bill is thick at the bafe,tapers towards the tip, and is of a yellowifh red co-lour, with the nail white: the head and neck areof a cinereous brown, tinged with dull yellow, andfrom the feparations of the feathers, the latter ap-pears flriped downwards: the upper part of theplumage is of a deep brown, mixed with alh-grey ;each feather is lighter on the edges, and the lelTercoverts are tipped with white : the Ihafts of the pri- BRITISH BIRDS. 293 mary quills are white, the webs grey, and the tipsblack: the fecondaries black, edged with white:the breaft and belly are croffed and clouded withdufky and afh on a whitifh ground; and the tail-coverts and vent are of a fnowy whitenefs : themiddle feathers of the tail are dulky, tipped withwhite; thofe adjoining more deeply tipped, and theexterior o
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