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THE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Anser rrachyrhynchus, Baillon. 



The late Mr. A. D. Bartlett was the first to call the attention of 

 British ornithologists to the distinguishing marks of this species, in a 

 paper read before the Zoological Society of London on January 8th 

 1839 ; although the name which he then proposed had to give way 

 to one conferred in 1833 by Baillon of Abbeville. Subsequent 

 observation has shown that the Pink-footed far exceeds the Bean- 

 Cioose in abundance on the east coast of England from the end 

 of September onward through the colder months ; for instance, 

 nearly all the large flocks of ' Grey ' Geese which frequent the 

 marshes and uplands of Holkham and Burnham in Norfolk are of 

 this species, while similar testimony is given respecting the Humber 

 district by Messrs. Cordeaux, H. Sharp and F. Boyes, the eastern 

 part of Yorkshire by the late A. Strickland and Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke, and Northumberland by Mr, Abel Chapman. On the west 

 side its predominance is less decided, while in the south its 

 occurrences are not so frequently noticed. It is found in winter 

 on the east coast of Scotland ; as also on the west, and sparingly 

 in the Outer Hebrides, but it is rare in the Orkneys, and not yet 

 recognized in the Shetlands. In Ireland it was obtained and 

 identified for the first time near Belfast, on October 21st 1891. 



The Pink-footed Goose breeds in the north of Iceland, and is the 



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