292, ANATIDZE 
177. ANSER ALBIFRONS (Scop.). White-fronted Goose. 
A chance visitor in winter, and not common on the east coast. In 
1884-85 several flocks visited the Humber. 
178. ANSER ERYTHROPUS (Linn.). Lesser White-fronted Goose. 
Some years since I saw an undoubted example of this little goose 
hanging on a stall in Grimsby market, on which only local birds were 
exposed ; this was unfortunately sold and lost sight of before I could 
secure it [see Yarrell’s ‘ Brit. Birds,’ 4th. ed., vol iv., p. 263] . 
179. ANSER SEGETUM (Gmel.). Bean Goose. 
An occasional visitor in small numbers to the east coast districts in 
the autumn and winter, from early in October. The latest occurrence in 
spring is March 15th, 1887. Formerly abundant in the Lincolnshire 
marsh districts. In the late autumn flocks occasionally pass over at a 
ereat height, travelling from N.E. to S.W. 
180. ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS, Baillon. Pink-footed Goose. 
The common wild goose of the district, arriving a month earlier than 
the preceding. Mr. Haigh (in litt.) has given me some of the earliest 
arrivals from his journal: August 26th, 1893, flock of thirty ; August 24th, 
1894; September 8th, 1889 ; ” September lth and 12th, 1892, and several 
flocks about September Ist. 
181. CHEN HYPERBOREUS (Pall.). Snow Goose. 
January, 1891, three seen near Beverley [‘ The Field, January 
24th, 1891, also February 7th, 1891, Sharp and Boyes]. In Pennant’s 
‘Arctic Zoology,’ vol. ii, p. 546, speaking of the bean goose the 
author says :—‘* Migr ation i in the latter end of August, in flocks i innumer- 
able, into the wolde of Yorkshire, and into Lincolnshire and among 
them are some white.” To which Lister [Ph. Tr. Abridg., ii., p. 852] 
says :—‘I cannot but suspect that some of Ene snow-geese tay mix 
with them, as none of this genus vary in colour in the wild state.” It 
will be observed, however, that the time of migration, the end of August, 
is suggestive of the pink-footed goose rather than the bean. 
182. BeRNICLA LEUCOPSIS (Bechst.). Bernacle-Goose. 
Rare, and of irregular occurrence on the east coast in autumn and 
winter ; occasionally in the neighbourhood of Flamborough Head, also 
inland. Leaves in March. 
183. BERNICLA BRENTA (Pall.). Brent Goose. 
Not uncommon off the coast in the winter, and in some seasons very 
numerous in the estuary of the Humber. The white-bellied or Atlantic 
type is not unfrequent in small numbers. In the very hard winter of 
1890-91 this latter and the commoner type were numerous in the 
Humber at Spurn, also a variety, or race, having the entire under parts 
very dark. Leaves the district in March or early April. 
184. Cyanus musicus, Bechst. Whooper Swan. 
Rarely absent in any winter, and often common in severe weather, 
although its appearance is not altogether ruled by the severity or mild- 
ness of the season. The earliest date I have is October 6th, 1898, one 
shot by Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, at Tetney. 
