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or other authority concluded to have been once in 
captivity. 
Rejected by Saunders, 
as ‘escaped’ but admitted to place, and figure, from 
vespect to Yarvell, who formerly included it in his ‘British 
Birds.’ 
Rejected by Seebohm, 
on the above plea. 
The Egyptian Goose; the Bar-headed Goose; and 
the Chinese Goose, are also, all three, rejected by the 
authorities, 
THE CANADA GOOSE. 
( ANSER CANADENSIS.) 
Reected from the B.O.U. List. 
The rejection ambiguously expressed. 
Admitted by H, Saunders, 
by reason of “the large numbers which ave observed, often 
flocks seen in different parts of the country, apparently in a 
naturally wild state; some pairs of which breed with us 
successfully.” 
Rejected by Seebohm, 
as all escaped from captivity. 
THE LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 
(ANSER ALBIFRONS MINUTUS.) 
Omitted from the B.O.U. List, 
unless it be amalgamated with the White-fronted Goose 
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