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winter, coming down at night from the adjacent 
mosses ;! and Brockholes says that it occurs occasion- 
ally in winter on the Dee Marshes.? Now, however, it 
is less frequently met with, although examples are now 
and then obtained in its old haunts. Mr. R. Newstead 
examined one in the flesh, which had been shot on 
the Mersey, near Ince, in the winter of 1885; and 
Mr. R. Newstead, senior, saw another freshly-killed 
bird at Thornton-le-Moors on January 29th, 1894.° 
Mr. L. Jones informs us that he saw White-fronted 
Geese this same January at Hilbre Island. 
It is impossible to determine the species of the Grey 
Geese which we have often seen and heard flying at a 
great height in a V-shaped formation over the country 
near Bowdon and Sale, but they are probably referable 
to this species or the Pink-footed Goose. The same 
remark applies to the Geese which used to be shot on 
Carrington Moss until a few years ago, but which were 
always relegated to the pot without being identified. 
BEAN GOOSE. 
ANSER SEGETUM (J. F. Gmelin). 
The Grey Geese that visit the Dee Marshes in winter 
are seldom identified, even when shot, and although 
the Bean Goose probably occurs from time to time, 
there is little positive evidence of the fact. A bird 
which was shot in January 1872, on the Dee Marsh 
near Burton, was examined by Brockholes and referred 
by him to this species.” 
1 Naturalists’ Scrap-book, p. 228. 
* Brockholes, op. cit. p. 13. ‘*° Dobie, op. cit. p. 320. 
