PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 



PLATE CLXXXIV. FIGURE I. 



Anser phcenicopus, BARTLETT. 



Anser brachyrhynchus, BAILLON. 



THE Pink-footed Goose was first distinguished as a 

 British species by Mr. Bartlett in 1838. 



Mr. John Macgillivray informs us that "it breeds in 

 great numbers in the small islands of the Sound of Harris, 

 as well as those of the interior of North Uist. This bird 

 was seen in flocks so late as the beginning of May, was 

 observed in pairs among the islands in the Sound about 

 the middle of the month, and had the young fully fledged 

 and strong upon the wing about the end of July. It had 

 again collected into flocks by the beginning of August." 



The eggs are of a pure white colour. Eight were laid 

 by one of these Geese kept on the water in St James's 

 Park. 



