86 THE BEAN GOOSE AND PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 



The Hule Moss — a picturesque sheet of water on a 

 lonely part of Greenlaw Moor, between Marchmont and 

 Dogden Moss, and extending to nearly seventeen acres — is 

 a favourite resort of Wild Geese.^ 



A correspondent who is well acquainted with their 

 habits informs me that they usually come to this haunt in 

 October and November, though he has seen them there as 

 early as the middle of September and as late as December. 

 In spring they frequent the Moss from February to the 



1 See Sheet xxi. 4, 54, Ordnance Survey Map of Parish of Greenlaw, 

 extent of the water is 16"869 acres. 



The 



