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WHITE-FEONTED GOOSE. 



Anser albifrons (Scopoli). 



A winter visitor, not common, but has been shot both 

 on the coast and inland. The Editors of the Natu- 

 j-aUsfs Scrap Book say (pt. 14) that this species comes 

 down to the marshes and river (Mersey) at night to 

 feed, passing the day on the moss-lands. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Anser brachyrhynchus, Baillon. 



A regular winter visitor, specimens being killed every 

 year, and by the wildfowlers of the Pdbble estuary it is 

 considered to be much more plentiful than any other 

 species. Mr. Pi. J. Howard tells me that, owing to 

 the receding of the sea from the Southport side, Geese 

 altogether are more numerous. I believe that a few 

 Grey Lags appear with the Pink-footed. According to 

 Mr. Piichard Iddon, the Geese arrive about the first 

 week in October, and remain until the last week in April 

 or beginning of May. 



BEAN-GOOSE. 



Anser segetum (J. F. Gmelin). 



The Bean-Goose is occasionally shot on the coast, 

 and there is little doubt of its forming a part of the 

 migratory flocks of Grey Geese which pass over the 

 county in autumn and spring. 



