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footed the exception ; and this is also the case in 

 North Lincolnshire. In Norfolk, however, as Mr. 

 Stevenson informs me, the Bean-Goose is the rarity, 

 and specimens most difficult to procure, its place 

 being taken by the Pink-footed or Short-billed Goose. 

 From these facts it seems not improbable that the 

 winter- quarters of the Bean-Goose on our eastern 

 seaboard do not generally, as a rule, extend further 

 south than Lincolnshire, and that in Norfolk it is 

 represented by the Short-billed species, the principal 

 autumn line of migration of these latter striking the 

 east coast to the south of this county. 



ANAS BAHAMENSIS (Catesby) . The Bahama Duck. 



My friend Mr. Seddon has shown me a Duck of 

 this species obtained on the Humber in the winter of 

 1870-71. It was evidently an escaped bird, as the 

 primaries of one wing are cut. 



In the * Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society 

 of Edinburgh/ January 8th, 1853, Dr. John Alexander 

 Smith records the occurrence of a BahamaDuck at the 

 mouth of the Firth of Forth, shot by some fishermen 

 not far from the Bass Rock in December 1851. 



SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. Eider Duck. 



(Page 168.) 



On the coast of Durham and Northumberland the 

 Eider is still known as St. Cuthbert's Duck. The 

 Farn birds are probably the descendants of those 



