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Show 502 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N T H E [June 15 21. BERNICLA CANADENSIS (Linn.). Canada Goose. Bernicla canadensis, Wils. Am. Orn. vol. viii. pl. lxvii. fig. 4. Hab. Nearctic Region. The Canada Goose occurs in the earliest lists (Rep. Council, 1831). I do not find notices of its having bred in our Gardens ; but it is common in many ornamental waters and parks, and breeds very freely in semicaptivity. 22. BERNICLA HUTCHINSI, Rich. Hutchins's Goose. Bernicla hutchinsi, Aud. B. A m . vi. pl. 377. Hab. Arctic America. W e have once received (in 1860) an example of this smaller form of the Canada Goose. 23. BERNICLA BRENTA (Pallas). Brent Goose. Bernicla brenta, Gould, B. Gt. Brit. t. vii. Hab. Palaearctic Region. The Brent Goose occurs in the earliest list (Rep. Council, 1831), and is always represented in our series. I am not aware that it has bred in captivity. 24. BERNICLA NIGRICANS, Lawr. Black Brent Goose. Bernicla nigricans, Cass. 111. B. Cal. t. x. Hab. North America. I have never seen this Goose in captivity. It would be a fine acquisition to our ponds. 25. BERNICLA RUFICOLLIS (Pall.). Red-breasted Goose. Bernicla ruficollis, Gould, B, Gt. Brit. t. vi. Hab. Palaearctic Region. A female of this fine species, received in exchange in 1853, lived many years in the Gardens, and paired with a male Brent, but did not actually breed. b. Species Mthiopicee. 26. B E R N I C L A C Y A N O P T E R A , Riipp. Blue-winged Goose. Bernicla cyanoptera, Riipp. Syst. Ueb. t. 47. Hab. Southern Abyssinia. This fine Goose has not yet been introduced, but M . Comely tells me he is hoping to receive specimens from Upper Nubia before long. c. Species Neotropicee. 27. BERNICLA MAGELLANICA (Gm.). Upland Goose. Oye des terres Magellaniques, Daub. Pl. Enl. 1006 ( ¥ )• Chloephaga magellanica, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 1 28, et Zool. Sketch. ii. t. 48. Hab. Falkland Islands. The first pair of •« Upland Geese " were acquired from Governor |