1 66 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



themselves up, taking strange shapes, and, when 

 alarmed, they run before flighting. 



The Pink-footed Goose might really be just as 

 well called the Grey Goose, as is its larger relative 

 the Greylag, which has received the title. Of the 

 two birds the Pink-footed Goose has the more grey 

 about it. This bird is a migrant, but it has been 

 found breeding in the Northern Isles. The less, 

 however, that is said now about where some birds 

 nest the better. Strange to say, it seems to be only 

 some people who can find out where particular 

 birds build. Can it be that money finds out for them ? 

 There are some very clever and conscientious col- 

 lectors among my acquaintances ; but there are 

 others whom I have not the least desire to know 

 anything about ; to wit, such as those who will paint 

 birds' eggs. 



The White-fronted Goose is a smaller species 

 than either of the preceding ones. It is a frequent 

 visitor to our country during the winter. The 

 Laughing Goose is a name often given to it, on 

 account of its hoarse note, which is supposed to 

 resemble a laugh. Specially large flocks come to 

 our coasts during severe weather on the other side, 

 but it is quite uncommon on most of the east coast 

 of Scotland. In Islay again, it is commoner than 

 any of the other grey geese. 



The Bernacle Goose is also a winter visitor to our 

 islands. The Brent Goose is sometimes wrongly 

 called by this name. In severe weather mixed 

 flights of White -fronted and Bernacle Geese some- 



