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in any very scanty numbers. One of my very worst 

 discomfitures in my early sporting-days took place in 

 connection with a flock of these birds. There were 

 seven or eight of them which flew deliberately right 

 on towards my father and myself till they were within 

 twenty-five yards of us, and then they doubled up into 

 a confused clump, and I was already counting the 

 slain when my ^un missed fire. My father's did not, 

 and gave us the opportunity of identifying the species. 

 Jt breeds in Scotland and other countries far to the 

 north. 



^^Y' BEAN Q^OO'^Y.—{Anser segetum). 



Like the last, and in common with the Goose next 

 to be mentioned, indiscriminately known by the name 

 of Wild Goose. Unlike the last, however, it is ascer- 

 tained to breed in small numbers on some of the large 

 lakes in the north of Scotland, and in the islands of 

 Lewis and Harris. Besides which, a nesting locality 

 of this species in Westmoreland is named. The nests, 

 in some instances, are hid in very tall ling, and the 

 eggs are from five to seven in number. In size they 

 are a little under 3 J inches long by 2h broad. 



a^^'' PINK-FOOTED QOO^'E—{Anser brachyrhyncus). 



A smaller bird than the last, but otherwise bearing 

 a very strong resemblance to it ; so much so, that it 

 appears more than probable it has often been assumed 

 to be a young or small specimen of the former species. 

 It is, however, of comparatively rare occurrence. 



