. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID:€. 411. THE BRENT GOOSE. Bernicla br^nta (Pallas). The Brent is the most abundant and generally distributed of the Geese which visit us ; and is found, in varying numbers, on the coasts of Great Britain—particularly the east and south—throughout the cold months of the year. Unless wounded, it is seldom seen on inland waters, and it passes a great part of the day and night at sea ; while at other times it frequents the extensive mud-flats and sand- bars on the shore which are exposed at every ebb-tide. Immense flocks resort to the vicinity
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID:€. 411. THE BRENT GOOSE. Bernicla br^nta (Pallas). The Brent is the most abundant and generally distributed of the Geese which visit us ; and is found, in varying numbers, on the coasts of Great Britain—particularly the east and south—throughout the cold months of the year. Unless wounded, it is seldom seen on inland waters, and it passes a great part of the day and night at sea ; while at other times it frequents the extensive mud-flats and sand- bars on the shore which are exposed at every ebb-tide. Immense flocks resort to the vicinity of Holy Island on the Northumbrian coast, and multitudes have been observed in some seasons on the Cromarty and Dornoch Firths. In the Orkneys it is common, though local, while it visits the Shetlands annually; but in the Hebrides and along the west side of Scotland it is less numerous and less regular in its visits than the Bernacle. Vast quantities occur in many places on the shores and estuaries of Ireland. In cold weather the Brent Goose migrates to the Faeroes, the coasts of Scandinavia, and the shores of Europe generally; occasionally reaching the Asiatic and African portions of the Mediterranean, and even as far south as Mogador (Payton). It seldom occurs in Iceland, and the Danish Expedition did not obtain it in East Greenland, but it breeds on the west side and on the opposite shores of Grinnell Land up to 82° 30' N. In varying. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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