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ORDER V. NATATORES. 



Family AN ATID &. 



GREY-LAG GOOSE (Anser ferus). A rare winter 

 visitor, only occurring in the severest weather. My 

 friend Mr. Crewe informs me that a few Grey-lag 

 Geese generally frequent the low inundated meadows 

 at the commencement of the Vale of Aylesbury, in 

 the parishes of Hulcott and Aston-Clinton, during 

 the winter months. Mr. Sharpe states that this bird 

 has been obtained near Cookham ; and Mr. L. Hall, 

 of Windsor, once shot a goose of this species, out of 

 a flock of seven, near Boveney Lock. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons). A 

 rare winter visitant here, although it appears in some 

 numbers on our coasts in cold weather. 



It has occasionally been seen and shot on the 

 Thames. Early in 1867 one was seen flying over the 

 river by a friend near Surley, and several others of 

 the same species were observed in that neighbour- 

 hood about the same time. The White-fronted 

 Goose has occasionally occurred in winter on the 

 reservoirs near Drayton Beauchamp ; and, during 



