322 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Anser hrachijrlujnclius, Baillon. Mem. de la Soc. 

 Roy. cVEm. d Abhev., 1833, p. 74. 



This species is occasionally found on the sea-coast of 

 Kent ; at the same time, it may be overlooked, as Mr. 

 G. Dowker remarks in the subjoined note: "I doubt 

 not that the Pink-footed Goose has frequently been 

 confounded with the Bean-Goose, to which it bears a 

 general resemblance. I obtained one at Preston in 

 1887 : I find it is not noticed by any other authorities 

 in Kent." 



WHITE-FEONTED GOOSE. 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli). Ann. I. Hist. Nat., p. 69, 

 No. 87 (1769). 



This species is a regular winter visitor and has been 

 known to breed in the county. 



It is included in the Birds of Sandwich by Boys, 1792. 

 The Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, writing in 1844, says 

 it is "common in Bomney Marsh." Mr. G. Dowker 

 states that it is a "visitor to the Stourmouth district." 

 It is also recorded at Dover by Mr. C. Gordon and Mr. 

 G. Gray. J. F. Green, Esq., in his Fauna of the 

 "Cedars," Lee, Kent, 1905, says the "Wild Geese {Anser 

 albifrons) which are not pinioned, nest at the pond 

 regularly. They eat nothing but weeds and grasses. 

 They are sometimes accompanied by a Heron." 



