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age, and not of species, and due examination will confirm 

 this. The next bird to be considered is the Long-billed Goose, 

 figured and described by Mr. Yarrell, Mr. Gould, and Mr. 

 Morris under the name of segetum, or Bean Goose. This is 

 distinguished by having the bill exactly twice the length of 

 the depth at the base, a proportion quite different from the 

 Short-billed Goose. Before the beginning of this century, 

 when the Carrs of Yorkshire were the resort of countless 

 numbers of wild-fowl, it was stated that there were two species 

 of geese frequenting and breeding in the Carrs, known to the 

 fowlers by the name of Carr Lag and Grey Lag. What the 

 Grey Lag was is well known. The Carr Lag is not now easy 

 to identify, but the author thinks it was this Long-billed 

 Goose, a bird that resided and bred in the Carrs along with 

 the Grey Lag, and like that bird is no longer to be found in 

 these districts, and now one of the scarcest British birds, 

 or almost a lost species. This bird is distinguished from 

 the Bean Goose by its long bill, and its entirely different 

 habits. 



"The following is a list of the species : — 



"Anas albijrons. — White- fronted Goose — Face white, bill 

 flesh-coloured (Gould, No. 349) ; an occasional winter visitor 

 in this country in small groups. 



" Anas ferus, or anser. — Grey Lag Wild Goose — Breeds 

 sparingly in this country, and is not a migratory species. 

 Bill pink, nail white. 



" Anas segetum. — Bean Goose — Short-billed or Migratory 

 Goose. Bill short, strong, the depth of the base being nearly 

 two-thirds of that of the length, pale red in the middle, black 

 at the extremities, but varies much in the proportions of these 

 colours. Old birds are as large and pale-coloured as a Grey 

 Lag Goose. Pink-footed Goose, smaller bird, less, and darker ; 

 the young of the last. 



" A^ias paludosus. — Carr Lag, or Long billed-Goose— Bill 

 long and weak, being exactly twice the length of the depth 

 at the base, being 2|in. long and i|in. deep at the base. 

 Bill strongly toothed, a groove running the length of the lower 

 mandible ; colour same as last. (Gould, plate 348, but not 



