250 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. x. 



Mr. Biirdet concludes his notes by observing that the 

 young do not stay more than a week in the nest, after which 

 they are able to climb amongst the reeds and follow their 

 l)arents. 





LITTLE BITTERN: NEST AND EGGS. 

 [Photographed by A. Burdet.) 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE BREEDING IN CAPTIVITY. 



For about seven years Capt. P. Hamond has had a pair of 

 Pink-footed Geese {Anser brachyrhynchus) in his garden at 

 Morston, Norfolk. About June 8th, 1916, they very rapidly 

 constructed a nest, and the goose began to lay on June 10th. 

 She laid five eggs and on July 10th two goslings were hatched, 

 another egg had a full grown chicken in it, and the other two 

 were addled. The goslings grew rapidly, and by October it 

 was difhcult to distinguish them from their parents. 



A. Patteson. 



[This note furnishes interesting material for comparison 

 with Mr. Cecil Smith's account of the breeding of this species 

 in captivity [ZooL, 1872, p. 3243).— F.C.R.J.] 



