6io Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Anser segetum (Gmel.) Bean Goose. 



Regular winter visitor, generally distributed, but much less frequent 

 than the White-fronted Goose, and seldom seen in the Dublin 

 markets. According to Sir V. Brooke, is the common Goose 

 of all the north of Ireland, inhabiting bogs and wild places, 

 feeding always at night. 



Anser brachyrhynchus (Baill.) Pink-footed Goose. 



One shot on Lough Swilly, co. Donegal, about igth October, 1891 

 (Zoologist, 1892, p. 33). Is believed to have been previously 

 recognized by Sir V. Brooke, who in 1885 wrote that: About 

 ten or twelve years ago he distinctly identified, with a telescope, 

 a pair of Pink-footed Geese amongst a large flock of Grey-lags, 

 feeding in some marshy fields in Meath ; adding that "to an 

 experienced eye a pink foot is very easily distinguished on the 

 ground." 



Chen hyperboreus (Pallas). Snow Goose. 



Native of America. Has three times occurred. Two were shot at 

 Tacumshin Lake, in November, 1871, another subsequently in 

 Wexford Harbour. (Howard Saunders, in Zool. Soc. Proceed- 

 ings, 1872, p. 519.) In October, 1877, a flock of seven birds 

 were seen at Termoncarra, near Belmullet, Mayo, of which two 

 were captured. (Zoologist, 1878, p. 419). One of these lived, 

 associated with, and paired with some domestic geese until the 

 spring of 1884, when it was unfortunately killed by a stone. 

 This specimen has been most liberally presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. J R. Crampton. Mr. H. Blake Knox informs me 

 that about ist October, 1886, he received a fine male Snow 

 Goose, which had been shot by one of his tenants, near 

 Belmullet, Mayo. 



Obs. The Egyptian Goose has occasionally been shot on the coast, 

 but cannot be considered a wild bird. 



Bernicla leucopsis (Bechst.) Barnacle Goose. 



Regular winter visitor, but local and rare except at Lurgan, Dun- 

 dalk, Sligo, Achill, Erris, and Clew Bay. Feeds on grass. 



Obs. The Canada Goose has occasionally been shot in an apparently 

 wild condition. No doubt escaped from domestication. 



Bernicla brenta (Pallas). Brent Goose. 



Regular winter visitor, occurring locally on the muddy estuaries all 

 round the coast. Feeds on Zostera. 



Cygnus musicus (Bechst.) Whooper Swan. 



Winter visitor, rare. Occurring chiefly in hard winters. 



Cygnus Bewicki (Yarrell.) Bewick's Swan. 



Winter visitor; frequent, especially in hard weather, and much 

 more numerous and occurs in larger flocks than the Whooper. 

 Chiefly on fresh water. 



