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ing on some of the lakes in Sutherlandshire ; but 

 later observers have shown this statement to have 

 been erroneous. To Ireland it is a regular winter 

 visitant. 



As to the species which visits the Humber dis- 

 trict (whether Pink-footed or Bean Goose), see Field, 

 May 20 and June 10, 1893; Cordeaux, June 17, 1893 ; 

 Macpherson and Caton Haigh, June 24, 1893 ; Sharp 

 and Boyes, July 8, 1893. The result of this cor- 

 respondence shows that the common Wild Goose 

 of the Humber district is the smaller Pink-footed 

 Goose, and not, as was supposed, the Bean Goose ; 

 and so says Stevenson for Norfolk. 



The weight of a Bean Goose is from 7J to 8 lbs. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. Anser hrachyrhynchus, Baillon. 

 PL 27, fig. 4. Length, 30 in. ; bill, 1-75 in. ; wing, 17 

 in. ; tarsus 2-5 in. 



A winter visitant. Said to have been found by 

 Macgillivray breeding on the islands in the Sound of 

 Harris, and on the lochs of North Uist ; but subse- 

 quent observation showed that he had mistaken the 

 Grey Lag Goose for this species. Robert Gray 

 states that the Pink-footed Goose is only found in 

 Scotland in the winter months, and that, with the 

 exception of the western islands, no locality can 

 boast of it in any numbers. It is, nevertheless, the 

 commonest species of wild goose which visits the 

 Firth of Forth. 



Since the first edition of this work was published 

 this bird has been found in Ireland, where one was 



