150 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



as the preceding*. Is not unfrequently found singly, 

 or two or three together in our marshes and low- 

 lands, and is more easily approached than either the 

 Grey Lag or Bean-Goose. In its habits it prefers low- 

 lying districts and wet carr or marsh land near the 

 coast, as a rule not resorting to the higher wolds 

 to the same extent as its congener, the Bean-Goose. 

 Mr. Boulton says it is found occasionally in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Beverley, and is generally flushed singly 

 and not in flocks. 



200. ANSER ALBIFRONS (Grnelin) . White-fronted 

 Goose. 



An occasional winter visitant, but by no means 

 common, although tolerably numerous in some sea- 

 sons ; flocks were seen, and several birds shot from 

 them, in the neighbourhood of the Humber during 

 the severe winter of 186465. In this parish I have 

 met with it less commonly than any of the preceding, 

 including even the rare Grey Lag. In its habits and 

 haunts it much resembles that species, but is not so 



* Mr. St. John, in his 'Natural History and Sport in Moray,' 

 page 43 ; writing of this species, remarks that (( it visits us regu- 

 larly at the same time as the Bean-Goose. The plumage of 

 both birds is very much the same. The Pink-footed Goose, 

 however, is a finer bird, and more distinctly shaded and marked 

 than the Bean-Goose. The general colour of the plumage is 

 lighter. When a flock of Bean-Geese alight on a field to feed, 

 it may be observed that a small company of the birds often 

 separate and feed alone ; these will be found to be the Pink- 

 footed." 



