14 BIRDS OP NORFOLK. 



as also a considerable portion of each wing in tlie region 

 of the carpal joint. It had, moreover, two dark feathers 

 on the breast, where sHght bars are observable in some 

 older birds. 



ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS, Baillon. 

 PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



Since the specific distinctions of this short billed 

 goose were first pointed ont by M. BaiUon in 1833, and 

 subsequently by Mr. Bartlett, at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society in 1839, when, quite unaware that 

 it had been previously named, he proposed for it the 

 specific title of phoenicopus, it has proved to be both a 

 constant and abundant winter visitant in Norfolk, 

 though to a great extent confined to the western side of 

 the county, and especially to certain localities in the 

 neighbourhood of Holkham on the coast, and Wretham 

 in the interior. 



The earliest record of its identification in this county'^ 

 is apparently the notice by Yarrell of a specimen killed 

 at Holkham, in January, 1841, by the present Earl of 

 Leicester out of a flock of about twenty, since which 

 time this goose has proved to be by far the most com- 

 mon species that frequents the Holkham marshes. The 

 following notes on its habits, as observed in that neigh- 



* It is wortliy of note, however, that the bird figured by Hunt 

 in 1815, as the bean goose (A. segetum), and in all probability 

 from a local specimen, represents, unquestionably, the pink-footed 

 Bpecies, since the bill, though painted orange in the plate, is far 

 to small for that of the bean, and the feet are coloured red as in 

 the adult pink-footed goose. Mr. Hunt moreover adds the pro- 

 vincial name of " small grey goose." 



