 | 1850 - 736 pages
...described by Daniel : — " The hill of the Brent-goose is short, black, and elevated ; irides hazel ; the head, neck, and upper part of the breast, black ; on each side the hindmost part of the neck is a white spot ; the lower part of the breast, the scapulars, and coverts... | |
 | Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - 602 pages
...824. Brent Goose, Mont. Orn. Did. $• Supp. Hew. Brit. Birdt, vol. np 300. Selb. lllmt. vol. ii. p. 271. pi. 45. DIMENS. Entire length twenty-nine inches....irides dusky brown : bill and legs black. (Young of the year.) Head and neck dusky ash, the latter without the white patch on the sides ; the feathers on the... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1850 - 740 pages
...described by Daniel : — " The bill of the Brent-goose is short, black, and elevated ; irides hazel ; the head, neck, and upper part of the breast, black ; on each side the hindmost part of the neck is a white spot ; the lower part of the breast, the scapulars, aud coverts... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 362 pages
...shillings a-piece for each. The bill of this bird is short, black, and elevated; inside light hazel; the head, neck, and upper part of the breast black; on each side of the hindmost part of the neck is a white spot; the lower part of the breast, the scapulars, and coverts... | |
 | 690 pages
...described by Daniel : — " The bill of the Brent-goose is short, black, and elevated ; irides hazel ; the head, neck, and upper part of the breast, black ; on each side the hindmost part of the neck is a white spot ; the lower part of the breast, the scapulars, and coverts... | |
 | George Montagu - 1881 - 504 pages
...weighed two pounds twelve ounces ; length twenty-nine inches. Bill short and black ; irides dusky. The head, neck, and upper part of the breast black ; on each side the small part of the neck is a patch of white, mixed with black ; the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts... | |
 | 734 pages
...described by Daniel : — " The bill of the Brent-goose is short, black, and elevated ; irides hazel ; the head, neck, and upper part of the breast, black ; on each side the hindmost part of the neck is a white spot ; the lower part of the breast, the scapulars, and coverts... | |
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... during the winter. Beautiful it is, not only in appearance, but still more so in flavour, being perhaps the most delicate of all the water-fowl race we obtain an acquaintance with. The bird is thus described by Daniel : — " The bill of the Brent-goose... 