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LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 

 Anser erythropus (Z). 



This bird breeds in the northern parts of Scandinavia, 

 and is by some ornithologists admitted to be a separate 

 species, whilst by others it is not considered as specifically 

 distinct from A. albifrons. 



The only Yorkshire example, of which I have any informa- 

 tion, is a male specimen in the collection formed by the late 

 Sir Henry Boynton at Burton Agnes, and which, according 

 to the catalogue made by the owner, was " taken near York, 

 several years ago." 



BEAN GOOSE. 

 Anser segetum {y. F. Gmelin). 



Winter visitant, in small numbers ; appears in late September 

 or early October, and departs in April or May. 



Thomas Allis, in his oft-mentioned Report, 1844, thus 

 alluded to this bird : — 



Anser segetum. — Bean Goose — Is met with near Sheffield and York ; 

 not uncommon at Killingbeck, near Leeds. Arthur Strickland remarks 

 " This is one of the few species that do not seem to have diminished 

 in numbers of late years, and from the immense flocks that now frequent 

 the Wolds near here we might suppose they have increased of late 

 by the introduction of clover crops which they principally feed upon. 

 This species constantly frequents the open and higher country and 

 never, I believe, resorts to the Carr or fen districts ; their movements 

 are very regular, arriving by early dawn of the morning to the open 

 districts of the Wolds, principally to the clover stubble, where they 

 remain till toward dusk in the evening, when they all simultaneously 

 rise and wing their way in long strings to the sand-banks in the Humber, 

 where they securely remain for the night." In one parish on the Wolds 

 a few years ago a person was actually hired to keep the Wild Geese 

 from the clover fields they fed upon. 



Strickland's remarks, as quoted by Allis, unquestionably 

 refer to the Pink-footed Goose, and he was also under an 

 erroneous impression when discussing British Wild Geese 



