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THE FLAMINGO. 
( PH@ENICOPTERUS ROSEUS.) 
Not noticed in the B.O.U. List published sn 1883, 
yet the bird had occurred twice, namely, in August of 
1873, and in 1881, the first occurrence it is supposed with 
reason may have been the ‘escaped’ from the Zoological 
Gardens, which Mr. Bartlett was aware of as having 
recovered its liberty in July of that year. 
But the second occurrence in 1881, in Staffordshire, may 
have been of a wild visitant; inquiry having been made 
in likely quarters whether a bird had been missed; and 
there being none such recorded. 
Admitted by Saunders, 
on the strength of the second occurrence above mentioned : 
and of a third shot in Hampshire, concerning which the 
evidence seems sufficient: and of a fourth which was 
seen in August, 1884, but happily not shot. 
Rejected by Seebohm, 
on the score that these instances are more likely to have 
been birds escaped from confinement, being individuals 
of a species so extensively kept, than accidental wanderers 
from the bason of the Mediterranean. 
THE SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 
( PLECTROPTERUS GAMBENSIS.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U. List, 
on the plea that the four occurrences were all probably 
‘escapeds’ from confinement. It will not escape observa- 
tion what great numbers of recorded Geese are by one 
