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THE SNOW-GOOSE. 



Chen hyperboreus (Pallas). 



On November 9th 187 1 my attention was called to two immature 

 Snow-Geese in Leadenhall Market ; and subsequent investigation, 

 carried out with the assistance of the late Sir Victor Brooke, showed 

 that they had been shot a few days before, on the lake of Tacum- 

 shane, co. Wexford, while a third was killed soon after in Wexford 

 harbour, but not preserved. In October 1877, as recorded by Mr. 

 Harting (Zool. 187 8, p. 419), a flock of seven were seen near Bel- 

 mullet, CO. Mayo, two of which were captured, and one — a gander — 

 subsequently paired with a Common Goose and had young. Having 

 met with its death by an accident in the spring of 1884, it was presented 

 by Mr. J. R. Crampton to the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, 

 the authorities of which courteously sent it to me to be ligured, and 

 its portrait by Mr. C. Whymper is at the head of the present article. 

 There is some evidence that three birds sold at the dispersal of the 

 Knowsley menagerie (Lord Derby's) had been obtained in Ireland. 



