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bergeu. It is more common on the west coast of Engiand 

 than in the south or east. Its food is said in Yarrell's B. B. 

 (vol. iv. p. 289) to be grass, and the bents which grow on the 

 sandhills. It is mentioned that Mr. Adams says that his 

 captive birds, which refused worms at other times, would eat 

 them in March, and in winter they were partial to " London 

 Pride "" in the garden, cropping it close to the ground. Mr. 

 Knox (O. R. p. 242) mentions that he procured a few 

 specimens in December, 1838, and the following month, in 

 Pagham Harbour, and that it has occurred at Shoreham, and 

 at Rye. 



Mr. Dennis wrote me word that one was shot, out of three, 

 in the Clinton Brooks, near Seaford, on February 5th_, 1854. 

 Sir Ralph Payne- Gall wey, in the ' Wild Fowler in Ireland ' 

 (p. 162), says that " Bernicle seldom, if ever, fly far inland 

 at high water, or to seek food, but usually remain within 

 sight of the tide. They are almost as sea-frequenting a 

 race as the Brent." In the ' Zoologist ' (p. 9100) , Mr. Dutton 

 mentions that Mr. Vidler shot one at Pevensey. A female 

 was brought to Mr. Pratt for preservation, which was obtained 

 at Shoreham, on the 7th of January, 1891. This bird was 

 alone. 



BRENT GOOSE. 



Bernicla brenta. 



The Brent Goose, generally known as the Black Goose, is 

 the most abundant of all the race that visit the Sussex coast, 

 flights continually passing by, and in severe weather great 

 numbers come in for shelter on the marshes, but single birds 

 are occasionally met with inland. In my own notes, I have, 



