History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Ctgnus. BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. 127orange base of the ; bill, nail, and claws black.Wings reachingbeyond the end of the tail.Scotch Goose; sc. vulgatissimus ferus, Lister,—Phil. Trans, xv. 1159.WilL Orn. 274. Ray, Syn. A v. 13u"—Bean Goose, Penn. Brit. Zool.ii. 575.— A. segetum, Temm. Orn. ii. 820.— E, Common Wild Goose,Bean Goose, Small Grey Goose—A regular winter visitant.Length 2 T 7 5 ths, breadth 4 a iths feet ;weight 6'i pounds. Bill depressed,compressed near the end. Irides brown. Head and neck grey, inclining tobrown above. Back, scapulars, and wing-covers grey, with pale margins, andtinged with brown. Hump dusky. Quills black ; the outer webs grey ;secondariesgrey, with black margins ; belly and tail-covers white. Breeds inthe Arctic ltegions.The young have the neck yellowish, and the front spottedwith white. This species arrives in autumn, and departs in spring, frequentingwheat fields. It is named, in Lincolnshire, Bean Goose, from the resemblancewhich the black nail of the bill bears to a horse bean.— Linnaeus confoundedthis species with the preceding, under the title A?ias Anser. I haveadopted the names of Ray, who, by the assistance of Lister, clearly distinguishedthe two species.197. A. Erythropiis. Laughing Goose.— Bill and feetorange ;the former with a white nail. Front white.Anas eryth. Linn. Syst.i. 197—White-fronted Goose, Penn. Brit. Zool.ii. 576.— Anas albifrons, Temm. ii. 821—A regular winter visitant.Length 2\, breadth 4| feet; weight 5 pounds. Head and neck greyishbrown.Back and sides brown, with pale margins. Quills black ; the secondariestipped with black. Breast and belly white, with scattered black feathers.Vent and tail-covers white. Tail dusky black ; the outer feathers nearlywhite ; the rest edged with that colour. The young have generally threewhite spots in front. This species keeps in small flocks during the winter,and is killed on the coast, and in rivers, in severe winters.** Bill and le