THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 87 



A. Segetum. Bean Goose. 



The Bean Goose is the common grey Goose of 

 the Sohvay, but it has become much scarcer in 

 winter of late years, though large flocks occur 

 in spring and autumn. The Geese which Mr. 



B. Greenwell obtained on the fells near Alston 

 proved to be Bean Geese, and we believe that the 

 wedges of Geese which we occasionally observe, 

 flying from the east fells to the Solway, are composed 

 of Bean Geese. 



Mr. A. Smith states that the Bean Goose is 

 certainly the common grey Goose of Rockliffe marsh, 

 and Messrs. Mann assure us that the Bean Goose 

 is the grey Goose of the lower portion of the 

 Solway. 



In spring, the grey Geese usually migrate from 

 the Solway in a north-east or easterly direction, and 

 the movement is reversed in autumn. Bean Geese 

 occasionally linger on the Solway until spring is far 

 advanced. In the summer of 1885 a party of nine 

 grey Geese, believed to be Bean, haunted the Solway 

 until the end of the first week in June. 



A. Brachyrhyncus. Pinkfooted Goose. 



The Pinkfooted Goose is a casual visitant, of in- 

 frequent occurrence, on the Solway. Unfortunately 

 no j)recise information is forthcoming as to grey 

 Geese on the D addon or Ravenglass estuaries ; but 

 Mr. Hodgkinson informs us that many years ago 

 a good many Pinkfooted Geese visited the Solway. 

 Of late years its visits have certainly been very 

 irregular ; and Mr. G. Holmes, who has shot a good 



