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THE SNOW-GOOSE. 



Chen hyperboreus (Pallas). 



On November 9th 187 1 my attention was called to two immature 

 Snow-Geese in Leadenhall Market ; and subsequent investigation, 

 with the assistance of Sir Victor Brooke, showed that these two 

 birds had been shot a few days before, on the lake of Tacumshane, 

 CO. ^Vexford, while a third was killed soon after in Wexford harhour> 

 but not preserved. In October 1877, as recorded by Mr. Harting 

 (Zool. 1878, p. 419), a flock of seven were seen near BelmuUet, co. 

 Mayo, two of which were captured, and one, a gander, paired with 

 a Common Goose and had young. Having met with its death by 

 an accident in the spring of 1884, it was presented by Mr. J- R- 

 Crampton to the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, the authorities 

 of which courteously sent it to me to be figured, and its portrait by 



