154 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



GENUS BERNICLA. 



BKENT GOOSE. 



Bernicla brenta (Pallas). 



The Brent Goose is stated by Mr. W. A. Durnford to 

 be a regular \Yinter visitor to the shores of Walney 

 Island, and is not uncommon on some other parts of 

 the coast. The late Eev. J. D. Banister used to be 

 familiar with it at Pilling, and from this locality a. 

 specimen was received b}^ Mr. Hugh P. Hornby on the 

 19th December, 1882. 



[Mr. Howard says that the Brent Goose is seldom 

 seen about the Eibble estuary. On November 18th > 

 1885, he received one, shot on Hesketh Marsh, from 

 Eichard Iddon, who did not know the bird.] 



BAENACLE GOOSE. 



Bernicla leucopsis (Bechstein). 



A winter visitor, occasionalh^ seen inland, and in 

 severe weather appearing sometimes on the coast in 

 considerable numbers ; many having been shot in 1878 

 and 1879 round the shores of Morecambe Bay. Yarrell 

 quotes Selby as saying that it is sometimes abundant 

 on the Lancashire coast, and from early times the 

 Barnacle seems to have been well known in this district. 

 Willughby states in his "Ornithology" (Eay, 1678) 

 that it "frequents the sea-coasts of Lancashire in the 

 winter time," and Dr. Leigh also (" Nat. Hist. Lane, 

 &c,," 1700) says that " the Barnacle is very common," 



