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Parish. 



Cockbums- 

 path— 

 continued. 



Oolding- 

 ham. 



Penman- 

 shiel — 

 continued. 



Renton- 

 barns. 



Mont 

 Albane. 



Fields on 



which the 



Wild Geese 



alight. 



Fifty Acre 

 and Green 

 wood 

 Fields. 



North Hill 

 and Moor 

 Hill. 



Date when they 

 come in Spring, 

 with Remarks. 



weeks, resorting 

 to each alter- 

 nately. They are 

 damaging tlie 

 grass. — 29th 

 April 1879. 



8th Feb. 1S80.— 

 Small returning 

 flock seen on 

 27th March ; a 

 great flock on 

 moors behind 

 Penmanshiel 

 and Howpark, 

 where they con- 

 tinued eating 

 much grass until 

 the 24th April 

 following. 



7th March 1881.— 

 Came in great 

 numbers to 

 moors at Pen- 

 manshiel, and 

 continued until 

 31st March. 



Sth Oct. 1886.— 

 Wild Geese 

 at Penmanshiel 

 Broad Bog. 



13th Nov.— They 

 have damaged a 

 great deal of corn 

 on the moor 

 exposed during 

 October, owing 

 to the bad 

 weather of that 

 month. They 

 alighted on the 

 stubble and 

 pulled the 

 sheaves to 

 pieces. They 

 sit in the middle 

 of the field 

 during the day. 



Come when fields 

 are sown with 

 corn, and remain 

 for a week or 

 ten days in the 

 vicinity. 



About April, and 

 frequent newly 

 sown oat fields 

 and young grass. 

 Last seen on 

 farm in spring 

 1882. 



Date when they 



come in Autumn, 



with Remarks. 



Not seen on farm 

 in autumn. 



Name and 



Address of 



Correspondent. 



Alexander C. 

 Hastie, Renton- 

 bams, 18th Oct. 



R. J. Scott, Mont 

 Albane, Reston, 

 7th Oct. 1886. 



