ANSER FERUS.—A. ALBIFRONS. hm 
me to recognize on my way up the coast from Trondjem to Hammerfest were 
without the slightest doubt Grey Lags, but on landing at Tamsd we saw no 
Geese there. Somewhere near Nyborg on the Varanger Fjord, Mr. Hudleston 
saw an old Goose with a young one, which he believed to be a Bean-Goose, 
which Herr Sommerfelt gives (Cifvers. K. Vet.-Akad. Férh. 1861, p. 86) as 
breeding in the interior of that neighbourhood, while he ascribes the Goose 
breeding on Tamsé to Anser cinereus. This last statement was confirmed by 
Prof. Collett (Forhandl. Vidensk. Selsk. Christiania, 1872, pp. 275, 276), who 
states that it is “ particularly numerous on Store Tamso, where the abundance of 
its eggs materially increases the value of the Fugleveer on thatremarkable island,” 
and that being strictly preserved it has there “ well nigh assumed the character 
of a domestic bird, feeding boldly in the immediate neighbourhood of the only 
house on the island.” He examined a male shot there on the 3rd of July, 
1872. He was, however, told of “ another species somewhat smaller,” which 
unfortunately he did not observe. Finally, in 1895, Messrs. Henry Pearson 
and Edward Bidwell saw Grey Lags within 100 yards and found several 
nests at Tamsé (Ibis, 1894, p. 232). } 
[§ 5407. One.—Kustendje, 20 April, 1860. “ W.H.S.” From 
Mr. Simpson. 
This nest is merely mentioned by Mr. Simpson (Ibis, 1861, p. 366) as 
“believed to be Anser ferus” ; but I understood from him subsequently that 
there was no doubt as to the species. | 
[§ 5408. Two.—Groay, Sound of Harris, 15 May, 1868. 
«H.J.E.. From Mr. Elwes. 
Taken out of a nest of six by Mr. Elwes as above, and kindly given to me ; 
but the nest was not found by him. He said there were two other birds 
sitting close to the owner of the eggs, but no other nest on the island. His 
notes on the breeding of this species in the Outer Hebrides are printed in 
‘The Ibis’ for 1869 (p. 22).] 
ANSER ALBIFRONS (Latham). 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 
§ 5409. One.—Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. 
From Dr. [now Sir Henry] Pitman, 1846. 
Laid in the Zoological Gardens, where they have reared several. 
§ 5410. One.—From M. Nager [1847 ?]. 
This egg M. Nager probably had from M. Hardy, who informed 
