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legs and feet, and by the shortness of its neck. In severe winters 

 the flocks are sometimes very numerous, and they become plentiful 

 in the London poulterers' shops. 



Sir, your pennyworth is good, an your Goose be fat. 



Shakespeare— iore's Labour Lost, III., 1. 



It is not often met with in Herefordshire. One was killed on 

 the Wye, near Moccas, in the winter of 1879-80, and brought to 

 j\Ir. Newman, the bird stuffer, in Hereford, to set up. 



Another specimen was shot near the Lugg Mills, about two 

 miles from Hereford, in December, 1880. It is now in the Hereford 

 Museum. 



ANSER ALBIFRONS— White-fronted Goose. 



Nay, I am for all waters, 



Shakespeare— rife?/'^^ Night, IV., 2. 



The Laughing, or White-fronted Goose, is the common Goose 

 of Lapland. It is so named from its note, which resembles a man's 

 laugh. The Indians imitate the call of this Goose by patting the 

 mouth quickly with the hands, whilst uttering the word " wah." 

 It is a regular winter visitant to the British Isles, but seldom stops 

 to break its journey in Herefordshire. There is only one instance 

 of its having been killed here ; that was at the Weir Cliff, on 

 January 23rd, 1885, by Mr. W. Deakin, who presented the bird to 

 the Hereford Museum. 



Thou cream-faced loon ! 

 Where got'st thou that goose look ? 



HuAKESPEMiE— Macbeth, V., 3. 



[Anser indicus — Bar-headed Goose.] 

 Once on the river Dee, but probably an escape. 



[Anser cygnoides — Chmese Goose.] 

 Frequently kept on ornamental waters, whence they escape. 



