130 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



scarce in south, but more numerous west and midlands, especially in 

 severe winters. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Owing to the confusion of several species 

 and subspecies of these Geese, the distribution of this form is not 

 easily understood, but it appears that Anser fabalis fabalis breeds on 

 Kolguev and Novaya Zemlia and in north-east Russia (Petchora) 

 and probably west Siberia, while in Finland and Lapland it appears 

 to occur only on passage, and is represented by allied forms in the 

 north of eastern Asia. On migration in most parts of Europe and 

 western Asia. 



ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS 



278. Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon THE PINK-FOOTED 

 GOOSE. 



ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS Baillon, Mem. Soc. R. Abbeville, 1833, p. 74 



(France). 



Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, Yarrell, iv, p. 270 ; Saunders, p. 403. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Winter-visitor. Most numerous east 

 coast Great Britain, scarcer south and west. Rare extreme north 

 Scotland, identified only two or three times Orkneys, not Shetlands, 

 a number Oct. 1909, Fair Isle, doubtful occurrence 0. Hebrides. In 

 Ireland only two obtained, Lough Swilly (Donegal), Oct. 19, 1891, 

 Lough Key (Roscommon), Feb. 17, 1908. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Occurs on passage and winters in north- 

 western Europe. Appears regularly in Holland, but has only been 

 casually obtained in Germany, France, and Belgium, and, strange to 

 say, in Scandinavia, though we may suppose that it wanders along 

 coast of Norway. Reaches probably Spain and Portugal. Breeding 

 quarters Spitsbergen and probably Franz-Josef Land, possibly also 

 Iceland. (Occurrences recorded in Persia, India, and Japan are 

 probably either referable to Anser neglectus, or erroneous.) 



ANSER HYPERBOREUS 



279. Anser hyperboreus hyperboreus Pall. THE SNOW- 

 GOOSE. 



ANSER HYPERBOREUS Pallas, Spicilegia Zool., fasc. vi, p. 25 (1769 



N.E. Siberia). 



Chen hyperboreus (Pallas), Yarrell, iv, p. 275 ; Saunders, p. 405. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Rare vagrant. Ireland. Three co. 

 Wexford, Nov., 1871. Two (out of seven) caught co. Mayo, Oct., 

 1877 (Saunders, p. 405). One obtained and another seen co. Long- 

 ford, Oct., 1903. Four seen co. Mayo, Dec., 1903, and fourteen 

 Dec., 1906 (cf. Brit. B., n, p. 27). England and Scotland. Only one 

 obtained (Aug., 1854, Scottish Solway), no doubt same bird as seen 



