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Canada, moulted into adult plumage in 1884, and 

 paired with a female of the domesticated Goose 

 in the present spring, being in the possession of 

 Mr. J. M. Macpherson. Unluckily, it strayed when 

 the ice broke up, and was wounded, though not 

 mortally, by a sportsman, who mistook it for a 

 wild bird. 



Genus BERNICLA. 



B. Brenla. Brent Goose. 



The Brent Goose is a casual winter visitant, of 

 irregular or even rare occurrence on our estuaries. 

 Two were shot at Bavenglass, out of a party of 

 seven, in January, 1881, and Dr. Parker inclines to 

 think that a few Brents occur in most years in that 

 locality. To the Cumbrian side of the Solway, its 

 visits are certainly few and far between. A bird in 

 the Mann collection was shot at Skinburness. Two 

 others, single birds, were shot at long intervals on 

 Rocklifte marsh, by the late Capt. Mounsey and by 

 John Allen respectively. The only occurrence of 

 a large flock on the Solway hajopened in January, 

 1861, when W. Mackenzie, with a shoulder gun, 

 killed four Brent Geese, out of a big party flying 

 down the Eden, near Carlisle, the unusual event 

 being chronicled in a Carlisle newspaper, f 



B. Leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. 



The Barnacle Goose is a winter visitant to the 

 Solway, and the Bavenglass and Duddon estuaries. 



t About fifteen dark-breasted birds have been shot on the Solway during 

 the present winter, 1885-6. 



