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Islands. The first recorded occurrence appears to be that of 

 the bird obtained by Marmaduke Tunstall, figured by Bewick, 

 and now preserved in the Museum of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 According to Tunstall's MS., as quoted by Mr. G. T. Fox 

 (Synops. Newcastle Mus.) " it was shot in the severe frost 

 in the beginning of the year 1776, near London." He con- 

 tinues : — "Never heard, I think, but of two more seen in 

 England. One was taken alive in this neighbourhood 

 [Wycliffe, in the north of Yorkshire], and is still living. It 

 is kept in a pond with some ducks of the wild breed, with 

 which it is very sociable, but never produced any breed 

 together, although there is one it particularly associates with, 

 and seems to be partial to. It is very tame and familiar." 

 Latham adds that this bird lived until 1785, when it lost its 

 life by an accident. One killed near Berwick-upon-Tweed in 

 1818 formed part of Mr. Bullock's celebrated collection ; and 

 having been purchased by Leach for £27, is now preserved 

 in the British Museum. The authors of the Catalogue of 

 Norfolk and Suffolk Birds make the bare statement that the 

 late Mr. Lilly Wigg bought a specimen of this rare Goose 

 which was killed at Halvergate in Norfolk, in the year 1805, 

 and proceeded to eat it, remarking that its flesh was well- 

 flavoured ! One or more specimens are stated by Stephens to 

 have been killed in Cambridgeshire during the severe winter of 

 1813. Dr. Edward Moore, in his Catalogue of the Birds of 

 Devonshire, has recorded two instances of this Goose having 

 been obtained in that county ; one of them shot on Kenton 

 "Warren in 1828, in the possession of Mr. W. Kussell, at 

 Dawlish ; the second killed on Teign marshes, February 1st, 

 1837, by Rendell of Buckland, and was prepared and pre- 

 served by Mr. Drew. In Durham it has been stated by Mr. 

 Hogg that two were seen on the Tees, and one shot in Cowpen 

 Marsh about 1845 (Zool. p. 1178), but Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 jun., is sceptical on this point. A fine example now in the 

 collection of Mr. John Marshall of Taunton, was killed at 

 Maldon in Essex on the 6th of January, 1871 (Zool. s.s. 

 p. 2513). In Lancashire, two are recorded as having 

 been obtained, but not preserved, near Garstang in 1872 



