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the old wild-fowl shooters by the name of the ' Crocker 

 Goose.' " The above was written by Dr. F. Plomley, at 

 Lydd, Eomney Marsh, Kent, July 18, 1816. 



Genus ANSER, Brisson. 

 GEEY-LAG GOOSE. 



Anser anser (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 197 (1766). 



This Goose is a winter visitor to the sea-coast and 

 large marshes of Kent, and has been recorded by the 

 following : Boys includes it in his Birds of Saiidicich, 

 1792. The Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett says it is " com- 

 mon in Romney Marsh," this was written in 1841. Dr. 



B. Plomley obtained it, and Mr. C. Gordon procured it 

 at Dover. Mr. G. Dowker mentions it among the birds 

 of the Stourmouth district. Mr. E. T. Filmer states 

 that it is a rare visitor to Romne}^ Marsh. The Eev. 



C. H. Fielding gives Eainham Marshes as a locality. 



BEAN-GOOSE. 



Anser segetum (Gmelin). S.N., i., p. 512 (1788). 



The Bean-Goose visits the sea-coast of Kent during the 

 winter, and is often obtained during very severe winters. 



Boys adds it to his Birds of Sandwich, 1792. The 

 Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, writing in 1844, says it is 

 " common in Eomney Marsh." Those days are gone. 

 It is recorded by the Eev. W. B. Delmar, of Elmstone ; 

 Mr. H. Ullyett, at Folkestone ; Dr. F. Plomley, from 

 Eomney Marsh ; and Mr. G. Dowker, at Stourmouth, 

 1887. 

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