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The Scottish Naturalist. 



6143 Grey Lag Goose 

 £144 Bean Goose 

 £145 Pink-footed Goose 

 £146 White-fronted Goose 

 6147 Brent Goose 

 £148 Canadian Goose ... 

 £149 Egyptian Goose ... 

 150 Bernacle Goose 

 £151 Red-breasted Goose 

 ^152 Mute Swan 



143. Grey Lag" Goose used to be abundant in the Carse of Gowrie, and 

 still visits the district, though in much diminished numbers. 



144. Bean Goose is reported from Aberdeen as a rare winter visitant, 

 but I am inclined to believe that the Pink-footed Goose has been confounded 

 with it. It is not reported from Forfar, though there is a specimen in Montrose 

 Museum labelled "Bean Goose," which appeared to me to be the other species. 

 At one time it was not uncommon in the Carse of Gowrie, but it has not been 



seen there for several years. It is frequent in winter in the Forth Basin at 

 Culross ; but I have no record of it from the Tay Basin in Fife. 



145. Pink-footed Goose is still abundant in the Carse of Gowrie, 

 where, before the formation of railways, it used to assemble in thousands. 



148. White-fronted Goose.— Shot, in 1S76, in Montrose Basin. 

 It used to be not infrequent in the Carse of Gowrie, but has not been got 

 there of late years. 



147. Brent Goose. — A few generally occur at the mouth of the Tay, and 

 occasionally in Montrose Basin. In Perth it has been got on Methven Loch 

 and Loch Tay. 



148. Canadian Goose, — Mr. Sim reports two shot at Aberdeen in 

 1863, and several instances of its occurrence in Perth, apparently wild, are 

 known. 



149. Egyptian Goose.— A very fine specimen, shot on the Tay at 

 Errol, in March, 1886, is now in the P.S.N.S Museum, in Perth. It has also 

 been shot on Montrose basin, as well as on the Earn, but probably all may 

 only have been escapes. 



151. Red-breasted Goose.— Recorded as seen at Strathbeg— (Mac - 

 gillivray, Brit. Birds, iv., p. 336.) 



152. Mute Swan. — Not uncommon, in domestication, throughout the 

 district ; and often occurs in Fife, Perth, and Forfar, in flocks, apparently 

 wild. 



