THE RED-BREASTED GOOSE Bernicla ruficollis (Pallas)
Reading edition
Only one or two examples of this rare Goose have been obtained in this country. It breeds in Eastern Siberia, 235 whence it migrates southwards past the Ural and Caspian Seas.
The general colour above is black; the ear patches, throat, and breast chestnut; lores and belly white; chin black. Length 21 in.; wing 14·5 in.