576 ADDENDUM 
Two other occurrences, of less recent date. may here be 
mentioned :—A specimen shot in Northumberland in Sep- 
tember, 1886, by the late Mr. Alfred Chapman (‘ Zoologist,’ 
1887); and another obtained in Somerset at a subsequent 
date (¢bid., 1888). 
BEAN-GOOSE. 4Anser segetuwm (J. F. Gmelin). 
A curious specimen of the Bean-Goose was shot at St. 
Abb’s Head, Scotland, on February 25th, 1896. It was 
exhibited by Mr. F. Coburn at a meeting of the British 
Ornithologists’ Club, held June 18th, 1902 (Bull. B.O.C., 
vol. xii, p. 81). In the ‘ Zoologist,’ 1902, p. 442, Mr. 
Coburn states that there need be no doubt that this 
specimen is the Long-billed Carr-lag Goose, A. paludosus, 
of Strickland, which is said to have bred formerly in our 
Isles, but is now completely banished. The distinctive 
characters of this and the ordinary Bean-Goose are pointed 
out in Mr. Coburn’s article. 
CANADA GOOSE. Bernicla canadensis (Linneus). 
An adult and an immature male of this species were 
obtained in South Uist at the end of February, 1903, and 
sent to Mr. Bisshopp for preservation. ‘They were wary 
of approach, which points to the possibility of their being 
genuine wild birds (Donald Guthrie, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 
1903) p11 19). 
MALLARD. Anas boscas (Linneus). 
In the ‘Irish Naturalist,’ 1905, p. 200, Mr. W. S. Smith 
records the occurrence of a Mallard’s nest in a spruce fir- 
tree. The nest was about eighteen feet from the ground, nine 
egos were hatched, and the young were safely removed. 
PINTAIL. Dajila acuta (Linneus). 
In the ‘ Annals of Scottish Natural History,’ 1906, p. 53, 
Mr. Thomas Henderson, Junr., mentions seeing a pair of 
Pintails with six young ones in Dunrossness, Shetland, on 
June 4th, 1905. It would appear that this Duck had not 
been known to nest previously in this locality. 
