324 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Marsh." Mr. G. Dowker, in his Birds of East Kent^ 

 says the "Barnacle Geese seldom visit the inland waters 

 and are mostly found at sea." 



CANADA GOOSE. 



Bernicla canadensis (Linnaeus). S-N-, i., p. 198 

 (1766). 



There is no reason to doubt that this powerful bird of 

 flight comes to this country from its North American 

 home. Of all the smaller and weaker North American 

 birds which have accidently appeared in the British 

 Islands and are admitted among the British birds, why 

 should this species be excluded ? On the authority of 

 Mr. G. Dowker, a Canada Goose was obtained at Beach- 

 borough by Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond. 



In the Zoologist, 1898, Mr. G. AV. Bradshaw writes : 

 " I had sent to me in the flesh two specimens of the 

 Canada Goose (Bernicla canadensis), on April 26, 1898, 

 which were shot out of a flock of five on the sands near 

 Dungeness, Kent, about a week before. They show no 

 signs of having been pinioned. They flew in from the 

 sea. The heaviest one was a male, and weighed, a week 

 after death, 10 lbs. 8 ozs. 



Genus CYGNUS, Bechstein. 



MUTE SWAN. 



Cynus olor (Gmelin). S.N., i., p. 501 (1788). 



The well-known Tame or Mute Swan of our rivers 

 and lakes, unless pinioned, finds its way all over the 

 country, and is therefore, especially on the sea-coast,. 



