412 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



near Barnsley ; H. Denny says it is not uncommon at Walton Park ; 

 A. Strickland remarks that it is seldom found near Bridlington except 

 in severe weather ; a few stray birds or small flocks frequenting the 

 streams and water sides, and not resorting to the open country along 

 with the Bean Goose. 



This Goose is but a casual visitant to Yorkshire in the 

 winter, occurring irregularly and in small numbers, being 

 more numerous in severe weather than in mild seasons. 



It has been recorded several times from the Humber, 

 where it is considered to be uncommon, though in the winter 

 of 1884-85 there were two or three small parties observed. 

 A male specimen in the Burton Agnes collection is from the 

 Beverley neighbourhood. 



It has occurred at Flamborough ; A. Strickland referred 

 to its appearance at Bridlington (see Alhs) ; it has been 

 noted at Scarborough in December 1890 ; and J. Hogg, in 

 his "Birds of N.W. Cleveland and S.E. Durham," mentioned 

 it in his time as frequenting the Teesmouth in small flocks 

 {Zool. 1845, p. 1178), though I have met with it on only one 

 occasion at Redcar ; on 27th January 1884, during a north- 

 west gale with snow, when one was killed from a pond on the 

 sand-hills. At the same time several other Geese were seen, 

 presumably of this species. 



The White-fronted Goose has been reported from several 

 inland localities, notably East Cottingworth, where it occurs 

 on the flooded waters of the Derwent ; two were shot there in 

 the winter of 1903-04 ; it is recorded from the Carrs of Don- 

 caster ; at Selby, in i860 ; near Wakefield, between 1847 ^.nd 

 1856, and at Ackworth, where in the winter of 1880-81 six were 

 seen and one was obtained. At Wilstrop on the Nidd, two 

 or three have been killed ; one example is recorded in Wens- 

 leydale ; whilst in Ribblesdale one was noted in January 1891. 



Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, in a communication to the Field 

 (19th July 1902), reports an interesting instance of the nest- 

 ing of a pair of these Geese in semi-captivity, which reared 

 young in 1900 and 1902. Hybrids between this species and 

 the Grey Lag have also been bred at Scampston. 



The only name by which it is known, other than its common 

 appellation, is the Laughing Goose. 



