GREY-LAG GOOSE. Anser cinereus. 



Winter visitor, a few remaining to breed in Scotland. Breeds in tem- 

 perate Europe and Asia as far east as Lake Baikal. Winters in South 

 Europe, North-west India, and North China. 



BEAN-GOOSE. Anser segetum. 



Winter visitor. Breeds in arctic Europe and Siberia. Winters in South 

 Europe, China, and Japan. Eastern examples are generally larger than 

 western ones. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. Anser brachyrhynchus. 



Common winter visitor, but has only once been identified in Ireland. 

 Breeds on Iceland and Spitzbergen, wandering south in autumn to the 

 European coast. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Anser albifrons. 



Common winter visitor. Circumpolar species, breeding in the Arctic 

 Regions of both continents, and wandering south in autumn to the confines 

 of the Tropics. 



LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Anser minutus. 



Accidental visitor ; two records of immature birds (Northumberland and 

 Somerset). Breeds in arctic Europe and arctic Siberia, wandering south 

 in autumn to the confines of the Tropics. 



BRENT GOOSE. Bernicla brenta. 



Winter visitor. Breeds in Eastern America north of latitude 73°, 

 Franz-Josef Land, Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, and the Taimur Penin- 

 sula, wandering in winter almost to the confines of the Tropics. The 

 white-bellied examples are supposed to breed in America. 



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