BIRDS. 143 



said he expected the pigs had eaten it, but that there 

 were two of them, and he would try and shoot the other. 

 Next day he brought in the Ibis, the pigs had not eaten 

 it, but the second bird had escaped. (Illustration 

 page 124). 



Grey Lag -Goose. This is the species from which our 



Anser cinereus. domestic race of geese is supposed to 



Nov. Mar. have sprung. It is very rare in 



Shropshire, and no specimens have 



been obtained recently. Mr. Henry Gray reports that 



in the winter of 1855 a solitary Grey Lag was seen about 



Bromfield for three weeks, whilst on December 24th, 



1890, a flock of thirty-two visited the same locality, and 



remained in the neighbourhood, in small parties, for 



about two months. This bird is shown in company 



with the other species of British Geese on page 141. 



The plate is taken from a photograph of the handsome 



case at Clungunford. 



White -fronted Goose. A winter visitor of uncertain 



A . albifrons. occurrence : Two were obtained near 



Oct. Mar. Ludlow, 1855, one on the Teme, 



December i4th, 1871, and two killed out 



of a flock of eight at Ruyton-xi-Towns, January ist, 



1891. 



Bean Goose. More numerous than the other wild geese. 



A. segetum. Three were shot out of a flock of eight 



Oct. Mar. at Oakley Park, in 1861 ; two out of 



twenty at Wroxeter, in 1878; one out 



of a large flock at Coalport, in 1881; one at Kinnerley, 



February i8th, 1888 ; and one obtained at Lutwyche, 



January i7th, 1891. 



