40 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie on the [Ibis, 



as compared with the other Bean-Geese. S})ecimeiis col- 

 lected in the spring of 1913 were all shot from the 19th 

 to the 31st of March. 



Geese pass in spring from the end of February to the 

 middle of April, and in autumn from the end of August or 

 be<j;inning of September to the 5th or 6th of November. 



I kept at Chinwangtao live examples of the Common Bean- 

 Goose. One which I had for two years was purchased from 

 a hawker in the autumn of 1915. It was extremely tame 

 fromthe very beginniug,aud has since become the inseparable 

 companion of two domestic ganders, following them every- 

 where and showing much distress when separated from 

 them, honking loudly until re-united to them. During the 

 winter it suftered much from the cold and at that season 

 constantly uttered a plaintive squeak. During the hot 

 weather it was almost equally incommoded, and then ran 

 about the yard seeking shelter with a perpetual tremulous 

 honk. It moulted the contour-feathers in the spring and 

 the wing-quills in September. This Goose was very jealous 

 of the other wild geese in the yard, and would attack them 

 and chase them away. 



I have noticed that these birds ajjpeared to be fond of 

 cooked meat. 



Bean-Geese were very abundant at Newchwang in the 

 spring of 1890. 



279. Anser segetmn serrirostris Swinhoc. 



A/iser seyctuiii D. & O. p. 491 (j)art). 



Anser serrirostris La T. p. SSii. 



The Eastern Beau-Goose is about as common on passage 

 as Anser segetmn. I have seen or shot examples in March 

 and October. I purchased two live winged birds in March 

 1917 — one escaped, but the other became suthciently domes- 

 ticated and was also sent to Shanghai in October 1917. This 

 bird had a deep honk very different from that of the Goose 

 mentioned above. It had a trick of standing sentry on a 

 low wall in the yai'd, Avhere it would renuun for a long time, 

 and often, if disturbed, it would walk off' balancing itself 



