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Ayrshire, ]ias occasionally met with Bean Geese in the bogs there, 

 and sprung them from among beds of wild roses, on the fruit of 

 which (a small mountain species) they must have been busied 

 feeding, as proved on dissection of those killed." 



The Pink-footed Goose {Anser hrachjrhynms). 

 Of rare and uncertain occurrence only; one or two specimens, at 

 most, being all that are identified during the course of a season. 



The White-fronted Goose {Anser albifrons). 

 Occurs in small flocks on the low-lying grassy shores of Wig- 

 townshire, and is sometimes taken, with other wild fowl, by 

 keepers and others who practise loch-shooting for the market. 



The Bernicle Goose {Anser leucopsis). 

 Numbers of this species frequent the Firth of Clyde in winter, 

 and axe also observed on the sands at Luce Bay. The passing 

 flocks going northwards assemble at a pool of the estuary near 

 Dumbarton Castle, where they seem to have attracted the notice 

 of the curious nearly three hundred years ago. 



The Brent Goose {Anser torquatus). 

 Much less common than the preceding species, occurring, per- 

 haps, in the proportion of one to fifty. It is better known in the 

 eastern counties. Small numbers are every winter sent, along 

 with other wild fowl, from Ayrshire shootings to the Glasgow 

 market. 



The Canada Goose {Anser Canadensis). 

 Has been once or twice observed on some of the larger lochs 

 of both counties. A specimen shot on Tarbolton Loch, 11th 

 March, 18G5, is now in the collection of our friend Mr William 

 Sinclair of Glasgow. 



The Hooper, or Whistling Swan {Cygmis ferus). 

 At the close of last century, flocks of this species appeared 

 every winter on Loch Inch, and other similar sheets of water in 

 Wigtcv/nshire. These lochs are still visited by passing flocks, 

 but not regularly. Considerable numbers annually visit Loch- 

 Avinnoch in Renfrewshire, which is on the borders of our district. 



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