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shot on Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal, October 19, 1891 

 (Patterson, Zool, 1892, p. 33). The late Sir Victor 

 Brooke had previously recognised the Pink-footed 

 Goose in Meath, but was unable to secure a speci- 

 men (A. G. More, Irish Naturalist, 1892, p. 4). 



In winter, as above stated, this is the common 

 wild goose of the Yorkshire wolds and of the fens 

 of Norfolk. 



Weight, 6| to 7 lbs. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Anser albifrons (Gmelin). 

 PI. 27, fig. 3. Length, 27 in. ; bill, 2 in. ; wing, 16 in. ; 

 tarsus, 2-5 in. 



A winter visitant to England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland, but somewhat local in its distribution. Has 

 once been shot in St. Kilda (Zool., 1895, p. 348). 



It has been clearly shown by Professor Newton 

 {Proc. Zool. Soc, 1860, p. 339, and Ibis, 1860, p. 

 404) that Linnaeus applied the specific name " ery- 

 thropus " to the smaller race of White-fronted Goose, 

 known as Anser minutus of Naumann and Anser 

 temminckii of Boie, which inhabits Lapland, and 

 which very seldom comes to this country. The larger 

 White-fronted Goose, which visits the British Islands 

 regularly in winter, should therefore bear the name 

 Anser albifrons of Gmelin, that name being the 

 next in priority of date. 



Since the former edition of this "Handbook" 

 was published, one of the small race of white-fronted 

 goose was shot in Northumberland by Mr. Alfred 

 Chapman in September 1886 (see Zool., 1887, p. 14, 



