238 SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE. 



Order NATATORES. Family ANATID^E. 



GRAY-LEGGED GOOSE, Anser ferus. The com- 

 mon wild goose of some authors. One of our rarest 

 AnatidcB. Has been occasionally shot during very 

 severe winters. I obtained two at Pagham, in 

 1839. 



BEAN GOOSE, Anser segetum. Not unusual 

 during hard weather. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Anser alUfrons. Ex- 

 amples of this species are met with every winter 

 on the coast. 



BERNICLE GOOSE, Anser leucopsis. I procured 

 a few specimens of the bernicle during December, 

 1838, and January, 1839, at Pagham Harbour, 

 and it has occurred at Shoreham and Rye, but it 

 can only be considered as a visitant of rare oc- 

 currence. 



BRENT GOOSE, Anser torquatus. During the 

 severe winter to which I have just alluded, brent 

 geese were unusually abundant at Pagham Har- 

 bour. I shot several myself. This is the best 

 bird I ever tasted : the flesh is as tender and juicy 

 as that of a teal, and there is a total absence of 

 the fishy flavour which renders so many of our 

 water-fowl unfit for the table. 



EGYPTIAN GOOSE, Anser Egyptiacus. Although 

 unknown in Sussex until within the last few years, 



