156 RARE VISITANTS. 
RED-BREASTED GOOSE. Anser ruficollis, Pallas. 
Hab. Northern Asia and Siberia. 
One near London, winter 1766*: Montagu (fide Latham), 
Orn. Dict. 
One near Wycliffe, Yorkshire, about the same time: Bewick, 
Brit. Birds, vol. 1. p. 280; Selby, Ill. Brit. Orn. vol. 11. 
p. 276. 
One, Halvergate, Norfolk, 1805: Stacey, Hist. Norf. vol. i. 
p- lxii; Sheppard and Whitear, Cat. Norfolk and Suffolk 
Birds, p. 55.’ 
One or more, Cambridgeshire, winter 1813: Stephens, Shaw’s 
Zoology, vol. xii. p. 53, pl. 43. 
One near Berwick-on-Tweed, 1818: Fleming, Hist. Brit. An. 
p. 128. 
One, Kenton Warren, Devonshire, 1828: Moore, Cat. Birds 
Devon, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 360. 
One, Ireland, prior to March 1833: Thompson, Nat. Hist. 
Trel. (Birds), vol. 11. p. 64. 
One, Teign Marshes, Devon, Ist Feb. 1837: Moore, J. c. 
Two seen on the Tees, Durham, “of late” (1845): Hogg, 
Cat. Birds 8.E. Durhan, p. 31. 
One shot in Cowpen Marsh, Durham, about the same time: 
Hogg, J. ¢. 
One seen, Loch Strathbeg, “‘some years ago” (1852): Mac- 
gillivray, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. iv. p. 636. 
One, Maldon, Essex, 6th Jan. 1871: Poole, The Field, 
21st Jan. 1871; Harting, Zoologist, 1871, p. 2513. I 
purchased this bird a few days after it was shot. It is 
now in the collection of Mr. Marshall, of Taunton. 
Obs. In addition to the above-mentioned occur- 
rences, the Red-breasted Goose is included in the 
* According to Fox (Synops. Newcastle Mus.), this date should 
be 1776. 
