REPUTED BRITISH BIRDS. 



As explained in the previous volume, many birds have been 

 added to the British list on slender evidence ; some of these 

 are catalogued by the B.O.U. Committee, but I cannot entirely 

 agree with all their conclusions. A number of geese, ducks, 

 cranes, and gallinules have long been kept in parks and on 

 ornamental waters, and examples frequently stray and are shot 

 as "rare birds"; a few of those recorded may have actually 

 wandered to Britain unaided, but it is so difficult to prove the 

 origin of any individual that it is better to be cautious. The 

 following species may be listed as probable wanderers from 

 captivity : Bar-headed Goose, Anser indiciis (Lath.) ; Chinese 

 Goose, Cygnopsis cygnoides (Linn.) ; Spur-winged Goose, Flec- 

 tropterus gambensis (Linn.) ; Muscovy Duck, Cai?'ina moschata 

 (Linn.) ; Summer Duck, ^-Ex spoiisa (Linn.) ; Egyptian Goose, 

 Alopochen ccgyptiaciis (Linn.) ; Baer's Pochard, Nyj'oca bae7'i 

 (Radde), Herts, 1901 ; Little Brown Crane, Grus canadensis 

 (Linn.), Cork, 1905 ; Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo 

 (Linn.); Crowned Crane, Balean'ca pavoni?ia (lAnn.) -, Green- 

 backed Gallinule, Porphyria porphyria (Linn.), three, Norfolk ; 

 Purple Gallinule, P. ccerideus (Vand.) ; Allen's Gallinule, P. 

 allcni Thompson, Norfolk, 1902. To these I may add the 

 Falcated Teal, Ettnetta falcata (Georgi), said to have been 

 killed in Cheshire, and the Baikal Teal, Qiierquedula forjnosiini 

 (Georgi), which was shot on the Dee by Mr. L. N. Brooke. 



The Eastern Grey Lag-Goose, Anser rubrirostris Hodg., 

 reported from Limerick, 1901, is doubtfully distinct, and the 



