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autumn and return in the spring. 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 

 Wy cliff e ; a third shot near Berwick-on-Tweed ; 

 and several were killed, in 1813, in Cambridge- 

 shire. It is seldom seen in the western parts of 

 Europe, but is said to be found in the northern 

 provinces of Eussia. 



GOOSE, SPUE-WINGED. 



ANSER GAMBENSIS, Jenyns. 



The Spur- winged Goose is a native of northern 

 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. 



