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twenty-seven shot in a clay by sportsmen lying-up for them 

 behind gate-posts in the Holkham marshes, in a gale of 

 wind, when the Geese fly low. As regards the Humber 

 district, Mr. Cordeaux informs the Editor that he now 

 believes it to be the commonest of the ' Grey ' Geese ; 

 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke says the same of the eastern part 

 of Yorkshire, and Mr. Abel Chapman sends a similar report 

 of Northumberland. Mr. Mitchell thinks that on the whole 

 it is the most abundant of the ' Grey ' species on the 

 Lancashire coast. It occurs in winter in suitable localities 

 along the eastern side of Scotland, but it has not yet been 

 remarked in Shetland ; it is also found on the west side, 

 and in the Hebrides, but John Macgillivray's statement as 

 to its breeding in the latter is now proved to be erroneous. 

 In the south of England its occurrences are less frequent. 

 It is said to have been observed in Ireland, but Mr. A. G. 

 More informs the Editor that he is not, as yet, aware of 

 the existence of an authentic specimen obtained in that 

 island. 



The Pink-footed Goose occurs in Iceland, and the late 

 Mr. Proctor several times received birds with the eggs of 

 which they were said to be the parents. It appears to be the 

 only species of ' Grey ' Goose found breeding in Spitsbergen ; 

 and may perhaps be the Goose of some kind which was 

 observed by Mr. Leigh Smith's party on Franz- Josef Land ; 

 but on Novaya Zemlya the only species found by Capt. 

 Markham proved, as already stated, to be the Bean Goose. 

 It occurs in Norway, but assertions that it breeds there have 

 not been absolutely confirmed l)y Mr. Collett's subsequent 

 experience, although probably correct. Accurate information 

 is scanty respecting its distribution in Sweden, Denmark 

 (where Mr. Elwes identified it in May), Eussia, and in fact 

 throughout the greater part of Europe ; but examples are 

 known to have been obtained on passage in Holland, Bel- 

 gium, and France. Authenticated specimens have been 

 obtained in winter in Northern India, but not in Siberia or 

 China, and the bird recorded by Swinhoe under this name 

 from Japan has proved to be A. erythropus. 



