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autumn and return in the sprmg. It is very rare 
in this country, only an occasional accidental 
winter visitant having been obtained here. The 
first specimen of which we have any information 
was taken near London in 1776, and is in the 
Newcastle Museum; another was caught near 
Wycliffe; a third shot near Berwick-on-Tweed ; 
and several were killed, in 1813, in Cambridgeshiré. 
It is seldom seen in the western parts of Europe, 
but is said to be found in the northern provinces 
of Russia. . 
GOOSE,.8SPUR-WINGED. 
ANSER GAMBENSIS, Jenyns. 
This species is a native ofnorthern and western 
Africa, but its habits appear to be unknown. 
The only one of which we have any record as 
having been captured in England appears to 
have been presented to Bewick. It is said to 
have been killed in Cornwall, in June, 1821, and 
is now deposited in the Newcastle Museum.  In- 
dividuals have been kept alive in confinement in this 
country for a number of years. It is more rare as 
a species than the Egyptian Goose. 
