GA11GANEY GEESE. 199 



one after another ; but if the sentinel be awake at the 

 approach of the creeping fowlers, and hear a noise, he 

 cries, softly, grog, grog, at which the flock do not 

 move; but if this sentinel see or hear the fowler ap- 

 proaching, he cries softly bir, bir, which would seem to 

 import danger, since, immediately after, all the tribe 

 take wing, leaving the disappointed fowlers without any 

 prospect of success for that night." 



Notwithstanding that the young gannets may be con- 

 sidered a delicacy, the old ones are so fishy as to be, in 

 general, scarcely eatable. 



* GARGANEY. Anas querquedula La sarcelle. 



Birds of this description are frequently killed in the 

 fens of Norfolk, where they sometimes breed, and are 

 called summer teal. 



GEESE. 



There are six wild sorts which visit Great Britain. 



* BEAN GOOSE. 



A variety of the common one. 



* BERNACLE, TBKEGOOSE, or CLAKIS. Anas erythropus La 



bernacle. 



Most common in Scotland and Ireland. 



* BRENT GOOSE. Anas bernicla Le cravauL 



To kill Brent geese by day, get out of sight in a small 

 punt at low water, and keep as near as possible to the 

 edge of the sea. You will then hear them coming, like 

 a pack of hounds in full cry, and they will repeatedly 

 pass within fair shot, provided you are well concealed, 



