GEESE 455 



One near Wycliffo, Yorkshire, about the same time : 

 Bewick, " Brit. Birds," vol ii. p. 280 ; Selby, " III. Brit. 

 Orn.," vol. ii. p. 276 ; Montagu, op. cit. 



One, Halvergate, Norfolk, 1805: Stacey, '•' Hist. Norf.," 

 vol. i. p. Ixii. ; Sheppard and Whitear, " Cat. Norfolk 

 and Suffolk Birds," p. 55. 



One or more, Cambridgeshire, winter 1818 : Stephens, 

 " Shaw's Zoology," vol. xii. p. 53, pi. 43. 



One near Berwick-on-Tweed, 1818: Fleming, "Hist. Brit. 

 An.," p. 128. Sold to Dr Leach for £27, and pi-c- 

 served in the British Museum. 



One, Kenton Warren, Devonshire, 1828: Moore, "Cata- 

 logue of Birds of Devonshire," Mag. Nat. Hist., 1887, 

 p. 360. 



One, Ireland, prior to March 1 833 : Thompson, " Nat. Hist. 

 Irel. (Birds)," vol. iii. p. 64. 



One, Teign Marshes, Devon, Feb. 1, 1837 : Moore, I.e. 



Two seen on the Tees, Durham, "of late" (1845): Hogg, 

 " Catalogue Birds S.E. Durham," p. 31. 



One shot in Cowpen Marsh, Durham, about the same 

 time: Hogg, I.e., and Zool., 1845, p. 1178. 



One seen. Loch Strathbeg, "some years ago" (1852): 

 Macgillivray, " Hist. Brit. Birds," vol. iv. p. 636. 



Two said to have been shot 15 or 20 3-ears ago (1852) 

 in the flooded meadows at Sowerby near Garstang, 

 Lancashire. Hornby, Zool., 1872, p. 3236. 



One, Maldon, Essex, Jan. 6, 1871: Poole, Field, Jan. 21, 

 1871; Harting, Zool., 1871, p. 2513. I purchased this 

 bird for £5 a few days after it was shot. It is now in 

 the collection of Mr. Marshall, of Taunton. 



Obs. In addition to the above-mentioned re- 

 cords, the Red-breasted Goose is included in the 

 following catalogues, although without any par- 

 ticulars : — Couch, " Cornish Fauna," p. 24 ; Rodd, 

 in " Guide-Book to Cornwall," p. 129 ; Somerset 

 Arckseol. Proc, p. 146; Osborne and Shearer's 



