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weight ; a dozen I bagged one day in Norfolk 

 averaging over 9 Ibs. each, the heaviest just turning 

 the scale at 9J Ibs. 



The specimens in the case were shot in the 

 Hickling Marshes in the east of Norfolk, in January, 

 1872. 



WHITE-FEONTED GOOSE. 



Case 82. 



Like the preceding species, this handsome 

 bird is only a winter visitor to the British Islands. 



Twenty years ago I have seen hundreds in a day 

 in Pevensey level, but at the present time a winter 

 often passes without a single bird being obtained 

 in that quarter. 



It associates with the Bean and other species 

 of Wild Geese. 



The specimen in the case was shot on the 

 Holmes Marshes in the East of Norfolk, in January, 

 1872.^ 



FEENCH PAETEIDGE. 

 Case 83. 



This fine handsome bird is by no means a 

 favourite with the generality of sportsmen. 



Its well-known shyness and constant habit of 

 trusting to its legs rather than its wings as a means 

 of escape from danger causes its rapid increase in 

 some counties to be regarded as anything but 

 acceptable. 



In the early spring numbers are frequently 

 picked up drowned in the broads in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk ; this is regarded by some of the natives as 

 a proof that fresh arrivals take place at that season, 

 but I myself having often noticed their quarrelsome 

 disposition believe that while flying in pursuit of 

 one another over the water they become confused 

 and falling are unable to regain the shore. 



